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Liz Etheridge-SekerkeLiz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.comBlogger907125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-1273658258860874442023-08-31T09:05:00.001-05:002023-09-03T09:07:35.735-05:00Tuesdays With Pappo<p>August 31, 2023</p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iiomo7_qne2y7EuKR1p1JNr3vKT-Pozlf6uFZ7kcKy4sXhjOYZ44XY8be5TpIFJPqC5OC2reoXvRTpKS9SwvLMJjc_SO-BB1P-DXhsqud0SEVblsURTo6kejQIev2sdzfnE56NDnfIzYtAFY9i_qo01n4g1W9rzx-m4NDSVS264WxHEJLxAY5BGqSaI/s3088/IMG_3029.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iiomo7_qne2y7EuKR1p1JNr3vKT-Pozlf6uFZ7kcKy4sXhjOYZ44XY8be5TpIFJPqC5OC2reoXvRTpKS9SwvLMJjc_SO-BB1P-DXhsqud0SEVblsURTo6kejQIev2sdzfnE56NDnfIzYtAFY9i_qo01n4g1W9rzx-m4NDSVS264WxHEJLxAY5BGqSaI/s320/IMG_3029.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Look who drove us to lunch this Thursday??!!! 95 years old.....and we didn't hit a single thing! But we did make a quick stop at the barber shop....seeing as he was starting to look like a "beatnik" ...</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYu1Uid91ktyUIQJxg1O6ZIElNS8ET5O0E9eTV2trTHzWKyHGbJHKQACY0zB1vZ13BQDqs0zA_dFLCgwMm8_OnfGOAq9-06q1KstASYvv3d5ej2-YVZ-NFGqVY7N5RQdpg9EKBQIlXi88m7y68UCN06FM-GoTJjyGfeRusdx-BkEDVkmuspDRB7wzFgU/s4032/IMG_3034.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCYu1Uid91ktyUIQJxg1O6ZIElNS8ET5O0E9eTV2trTHzWKyHGbJHKQACY0zB1vZ13BQDqs0zA_dFLCgwMm8_OnfGOAq9-06q1KstASYvv3d5ej2-YVZ-NFGqVY7N5RQdpg9EKBQIlXi88m7y68UCN06FM-GoTJjyGfeRusdx-BkEDVkmuspDRB7wzFgU/s320/IMG_3034.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>beatnik | ˈbētnik |</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>NOUN</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>a young person in the 1950s and early 1960s with long hair and belonging to a subculture associated with the beat generation</i></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><span style="color: red;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tuesdayswithpappo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZUW8xqNvwH4AFYfoDYucIK6pgGCkfQ-bym-2-3wjfBEPTUpvNxqg-gMcMTbe-EWZX6N7zUVBjheHYEBcKE-y68iUMNgIqmVJS_jwNj8JspwUg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9rGT15A5ZZBPjPPAzpYt0XzBcfWbm-J0BdAqrk1uS2mY2KCeQiAfKst-2eivv3R-Q2v96CVrGd3RlFBIZIRkza3nZBt-K1LrXQ0eo0aLSZnauxW6tH_F2Y-MffvtvMi80lcZphnciwULoh9mr42jDH4aTfGIPYJEcWle9wR6Mnd2edqcLTq8f11l0PBg/s320/IMG_3036.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;"><br /></b></span></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-5722425708358981132023-08-17T17:16:00.005-05:002023-08-17T17:16:41.103-05:00Tuesdays With Pappo.....On Thursday<p> </p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEingPrjLqYcBZtJJZM-P2wl9Bl35UMmQEoBPAk23Bzff_VbqC_D5bDl5nLFHkR1hDXI4k8PMdxXT80OjSm33_c1O3YPi-xL6tHEk72-D6L5K_h-23U5ynUCXNweND0hg_-VzHgeD8Kjn-y_QeyvujBSPEiuDNqMDz3d39zYAVRm4y7FU0Ork5_bkbNw9M8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="1737" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEingPrjLqYcBZtJJZM-P2wl9Bl35UMmQEoBPAk23Bzff_VbqC_D5bDl5nLFHkR1hDXI4k8PMdxXT80OjSm33_c1O3YPi-xL6tHEk72-D6L5K_h-23U5ynUCXNweND0hg_-VzHgeD8Kjn-y_QeyvujBSPEiuDNqMDz3d39zYAVRm4y7FU0Ork5_bkbNw9M8=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></span></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /></span></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Awwww....Tuesdays With Pappo.....on Thursday again!!!! </span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today my Sister and I sandwiched Dad between us and squeezed real hard until we got this quirky <i>"Ok-Ok....I-Love-Ya'll"</i> smile on his face! It's always fun forcing things out of him!!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6ldQhTeFnNii5sxsKMk2bs4-gZyoV0ZnD7nBOPiyCK9a3amxw-uxVVEfrFLu4phZLCdQr5PjqHteXuWiEXVVfqeiHqSY19gl7OV59fEJR4KDD68hN8IogDSp6ELK1lILz9z5JXHf0vFFGKsR7Cs5V5jSiXkBSiWACXmUctl9P9-jnrkGyC7L1Gmg7Rus" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="1737" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6ldQhTeFnNii5sxsKMk2bs4-gZyoV0ZnD7nBOPiyCK9a3amxw-uxVVEfrFLu4phZLCdQr5PjqHteXuWiEXVVfqeiHqSY19gl7OV59fEJR4KDD68hN8IogDSp6ELK1lILz9z5JXHf0vFFGKsR7Cs5V5jSiXkBSiWACXmUctl9P9-jnrkGyC7L1Gmg7Rus" width="180" /></a></div><br />And today.....we splurged and drove right on past Braums to Cotton Patch for a bite to eat! After we solved all the problems of living in an Independent Living Center....i.e., <i>"I don't know why all those old people don't want to do <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>anything here!"</i> or <i>"I just want to learn how to sew so I can take up my trousers....but all they want to do is knit!"</i> issues, we grabbed the ticket, which he promptly wrote a kind note to our waitress Zoe on, and headed back to his home where the people are <i>"just too old"</i> (Quick Reminder: He's 95).</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_kC--DZ_TIDExNWnOSV621myAhBMlYLu1pNQb-81kpssjC9lPKsPnsarxl7dfZ7TG4BsqXkB6tgnOBNs5K63AKAxJllSLah9R7-gerIKmL_72bod8pyd5yNMfaUQ5_FnuPjLMvnmRTQ3oS1ypuV9VXeC5HsoQWEftqo0mxPUDE6-39cGWJzuzflZ4HqI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_kC--DZ_TIDExNWnOSV621myAhBMlYLu1pNQb-81kpssjC9lPKsPnsarxl7dfZ7TG4BsqXkB6tgnOBNs5K63AKAxJllSLah9R7-gerIKmL_72bod8pyd5yNMfaUQ5_FnuPjLMvnmRTQ3oS1ypuV9VXeC5HsoQWEftqo0mxPUDE6-39cGWJzuzflZ4HqI" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnwzF_orq0TU1crzov6GKWgIJewF0WSa0WC6pjFtczdFYqvhI8rtGNJ2IV5vcNMIEQzp2SzXk0gwjDEw8XF4bH-9xD5LRHVSZv_32AetxDJGdH9mClExMnFBqGQdhz28HMV8WEUv8BrxnjepqTpr87QIZpO_uzMEIqZW-Z5J7ZflMKnStQ8gXMRY-wn64" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2378" data-original-width="3024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnwzF_orq0TU1crzov6GKWgIJewF0WSa0WC6pjFtczdFYqvhI8rtGNJ2IV5vcNMIEQzp2SzXk0gwjDEw8XF4bH-9xD5LRHVSZv_32AetxDJGdH9mClExMnFBqGQdhz28HMV8WEUv8BrxnjepqTpr87QIZpO_uzMEIqZW-Z5J7ZflMKnStQ8gXMRY-wn64" width="305" /></a></div><br />These Thursdays with Pappo have been healing for Liz. Being the typical baby of the family, I haven't always gotten along with Dad......but these days of hearing him talk about learning to play hymns on the keyboard or sew up his "britches" or fixing other people's walkers or even how much the ladies like the <i>"kiss on the head"</i>, have been highlights of my week that I greatly look forward to. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dad and I have finally found our "footing" (and I don't mean the web toes footing I inherited from him!). </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">He's a good man.....and ya, I kinda love him!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj324-ziK3EBP0lsokBpZqP4zC8PivM9rdxdRgl57yQKXuaML8CHyTOt3qtfyyWqpSKw0twje7_an6bMfyzappTWjbTWXVugT3CYcoZT26TJEJLipbQGhsyR5FjNsIbkxkTjDwe19yDVvujkKad7-9FfJgQNawB3Joo9pgDahKePhIjX2oIUv2FINZ9haw" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="499" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPTzQ8y9xJeyCitDjPw-hFS3YEvRZgkBKYlZHARhNnNDxxZhV3KWrlce7LOvrUip3OPSJgncnGhUoQ6o0d6Rc5o8hJPe03T9CwGdiqkP829GcpO9f58gCNVtd6I2AsBmZQsvOTpuifTgus52ZbEZu8mhlFOMqHL3hnJvdMRf6YMeL8PtEsVYnJItlWnGg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><p><span style="color: #050505; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p>The Day The Grasshopper Went To Church</b></span></span><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">So there's this song I heard yesterday thanks to our good friend <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/blair.jones.731?__cft__[0]=AZWdXcGTKO8ApxdeZyrrkcynoKDfVRs2Xir3VS2wRXhx7Soo2KKDeL59VVDvaRUnw3dnHZiuMVV2tWbugyCEa-1RbtmLiv2SqUVKmx-rDZA6TS7ZfYxW0XH42imflF94mijhpibTiaJdrVrPBdUzUuvh_rUvzxPeVsI1naOuHBIgPg&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;">Blair Jones</span></a></span> called, "The Mississippi Squirrel Revival". It's sung by funny guy Ray Stevens and goes a little something like this:</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><i><b>"The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>day the squirrel went berserk</b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><i><b>In the First Self-Righteous Church</b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><i><b>In that sleepy little town of Pascagoula (Pascagoula)</b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><i><b>It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival</b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><i><b>They were jumpin' pews and shouting "Hallelujah!" <br /></b></i></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Yesterday.....my deepest fear was met "head" on! </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">While sitting in the full-to-capacity pews of First McKinney Church, smack dab in the middle of the sermon, I feel something hit the side of my head. My hand immediately went up to see what it was and I could "feel" what felt like a large bug in my hair. I swatted it away, not knowing whether it was actually a bug or a toddlers pacifier that hit me in the head. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">A few minutes go by when I see the man on my right leaning forward whispering something to the young woman in front of him. She immediately gasps and starts to grab the back of her head....but not before he grabbed the back of her head and proceeded to remove a large bug from her hair. The entire pew gasped.....and it was then, that I realized it was the same dang bug that smacked me upside the head a few minutes earlier. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">So what does this have to do with my deepest fears? </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">It - Was - A - GRASSHOPPER. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">If you know me, you KNOW this is INDEED my biggest fear. I will kill snakes....I will fight hornets...I will shoot armadillos....but do not let a grasshopper come within 30 feet of me. It's called Orthopterophobia (I Googled it years ago!!) and its REAL! </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Of all the cars sitting in a parking lot, they pick MY windshield to sit themselves down on.....its MY helmet that millions of them attach themselves to while on a motorcycle in Wyoming....and of all 750 people occupying space in the pews of First McKinney, they pick MY head to land on. </div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">Some serious "revival" broke out in the First McKinney Church 5th pew from the back yesterday. And I think I know why.....</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Satan arrived.</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;">(Revised Version of Song)</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i>"The day the grasshopper went berserk</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i>In the First McKinney Baptist Church</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i>In that sleepy little town of McKinney</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i>It was a fight for survival that broke out in revival</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i>They were jumpin' pews and shouting "Hallelujah!"</i></b></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://youtu.be/zitEBFcN6i8?fbclid=IwAR1MQ7ln_FXc76rW9UeGQs67tvtiv0cUmci7N7INlDODGtDyVtRmQ9e8LAU" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--blue-link); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/zitEBFcN6i8</a></span></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-24060094926078875952023-07-21T17:25:00.002-05:002023-09-03T09:10:04.358-05:00Tuesdays With Pappo<p><b><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tuesdays With Pappo.....on Thursday!!</span></span></b></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">SURPRISE passenger in my seat as we headed to Keene to see Pappo yesterday!!!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">My handsome nephew Lance!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9aYGZHTnmCS8g6M0MCp4jGRaL5v6gdgD9IFzjVaWTzTZ-W9hPns3Z--tiVz1wdG2aH7Acxjm-O_eU1rqGe6fku29WIwkXy_9uU389pqpUMC85Ni652i7GTnThEL4k8e1NNO1dUi214zXGxlzJeLEbb5gU709HxGJJU-N7WQNhQzXSJ7uSW5hajJ-ubg/s2048/360110482_10163620541208868_987420460064005957_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj9aYGZHTnmCS8g6M0MCp4jGRaL5v6gdgD9IFzjVaWTzTZ-W9hPns3Z--tiVz1wdG2aH7Acxjm-O_eU1rqGe6fku29WIwkXy_9uU389pqpUMC85Ni652i7GTnThEL4k8e1NNO1dUi214zXGxlzJeLEbb5gU709HxGJJU-N7WQNhQzXSJ7uSW5hajJ-ubg/s320/360110482_10163620541208868_987420460064005957_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">He <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>had built a much needed shelf for Pappo to put on top of his workbench and decided to take the day off and head west with me to install it. Dad was surprised.....Liz had someone to talk to....and new shelf is installed!!</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;">Have I mentioned I used to babysit him when he was a baby?? (Lance...not Pappo) LOL.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnbofO_BlIKWx0BrL-VpalCe2NdHPqPlf11isPGOzbLbVOOH9yOzJZmlzZ329aLSUentyumMA3WP4wwRRyBgMmLtc9A7CToipGNC8Zbmjdg1_ltKg5tS_rvyxD6r92eT7ymrpQqjKX05qT-n6iivR-qF6CtenxTeu2YYHaxm1B2KLOgkGpOD1VzcOYII/s2048/362262095_10163620541803868_1403381843645361100_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnbofO_BlIKWx0BrL-VpalCe2NdHPqPlf11isPGOzbLbVOOH9yOzJZmlzZ329aLSUentyumMA3WP4wwRRyBgMmLtc9A7CToipGNC8Zbmjdg1_ltKg5tS_rvyxD6r92eT7ymrpQqjKX05qT-n6iivR-qF6CtenxTeu2YYHaxm1B2KLOgkGpOD1VzcOYII/s320/362262095_10163620541803868_1403381843645361100_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tuesdayswithpappo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWzd1UqFFumjDepXG5rW0p6y3rk4oHCXkFXQt8tznA43vbRb11KmqI52S75NKi9g3lX2gCwK-QSepxovrU8WC-ExJ31msd0z_i8-hBYFCNudfR0FTEKzdGTyUSDyDkqPI0Or_le2Bf5bgA9uDJ4bCy1ualb-e_AbxLZg0keU_rBow&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#tuesdayswithpappo</a></span></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-29411769310844735732023-07-03T16:15:00.001-05:002023-07-03T16:27:36.728-05:00The Snake In The Backyard<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPx7lLPe7atCAAdV1NMskEXsG6Ri9d88mmFT9yTl_0k71X2t_GNcjhFeowNfPwjlSzafujL1aSydHWn3GFzPJDVm8UD6rAFkSxaXWS99hwnzIJ-gb6XmtkLebb3Ya7IIoMA2f9J4L5vjiGVChVkqisFoJiPthn2bMocindPSmi6oE1FjmHcAbeBu3KSN0/s680/1275.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="680" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPx7lLPe7atCAAdV1NMskEXsG6Ri9d88mmFT9yTl_0k71X2t_GNcjhFeowNfPwjlSzafujL1aSydHWn3GFzPJDVm8UD6rAFkSxaXWS99hwnzIJ-gb6XmtkLebb3Ya7IIoMA2f9J4L5vjiGVChVkqisFoJiPthn2bMocindPSmi6oE1FjmHcAbeBu3KSN0/s320/1275.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Snake In The Backyard<p></p><p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px;">By China Anne McClain</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The “Snake Analogy” is a story between two best friends who are painting in the house. When one of them becomes exhausted and needs some fresh air, she grabs her dog and goes outside to the backyard. As soon as she opens the door and exits, she discovers a gigantic snake in the grass. Without saying a word to her best friend, she hurriedly grabs the puppy and runs back inside. When she returns, her best friend suggests, </span><i>“Oh, you’re back. Let me go out to the backyard for some fresh air as well.</i>”</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-style: normal;">She says nothing, and the snake bites her best friend when she walks into the yard. </span><i>“A snake has bitten me, help please,”</i> her friend yells and limps back into the house. She approaches her and says, <i>“Oh, I saw the snake, sorry I didn’t warn you!”</i> The one who has been bitten by the snake looks at the other in disbelief, saying, <i>“Are you really my friend, do you even love me?!?”</i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><i><br /></i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>“Why Spread The Gospel?”</i></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">After telling the story, China compared it to why followers of Jesus are passionate about sharing the Gospel.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>“It’s because we love you. I am not forcing you and forcing it down your throat. I’m just warning you of the dangers,”</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> she said.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">She further talked about how it didn’t make sense if she didn’t warn people about the snake in the backyard. She “loves and cares for people “that’s why she spreads the Gospel.</p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>“I know God is real, whether people believe it or not,”</i><span style="font-style: normal;"> China added.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Don’t worry, China. We believe you!</p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@brandonbrown22/video/6983795302146903301?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7250077455939372590" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@brandonbrown22/video/6983795302146903301?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7250077455939372590</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistT6stOdWR-WsserlKukPVjroH9okQfCfDQmGpWNsSfrxha6P2yfuOnOht95sEj9GHRrqn-E5br8LAoV4RzpgmVqGplRWHLIySmYrSFqrh-VeIkqcysdx-lfWlKPS9Ien-xADqBzQdDX3SV6KoYDw2CZyCF9IGfnNhNS9FtcJp5pQRoenRoirXMSjAIQ/s960/74527369_10159612413503868_2043363693600702464_n.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="637" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistT6stOdWR-WsserlKukPVjroH9okQfCfDQmGpWNsSfrxha6P2yfuOnOht95sEj9GHRrqn-E5br8LAoV4RzpgmVqGplRWHLIySmYrSFqrh-VeIkqcysdx-lfWlKPS9Ien-xADqBzQdDX3SV6KoYDw2CZyCF9IGfnNhNS9FtcJp5pQRoenRoirXMSjAIQ/s320/74527369_10159612413503868_2043363693600702464_n.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">By Liz Etheridge Sekerke</span></p>This is the best analogy I've ever heard on why it's hard for us, as Christians, to not warn others about that dang snake in our backyard. </span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I killed many snakes while living at the lake. Was I scared? Yep. But I was MORE afraid of not seeing them.....not recognizing them as they blended in with my landscape....and worrying about my family accidentally stepping on one because they weren't looking for it. I would never think of not warning those that visited of the possibility of <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>clever lethal snakes in our backyard. They were there. They were ALWAYS there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGKwx8E1zl2nROSVMbj2_A3h6w_eAX8Y9dduoqq4EYd4i73zbPs2Zh3xeqbSigov71sdDM2i3WZ7ncvsn6iLit97hLI8yC3DBdWTqSpEl0ajxdD2d0JeD3Rt-TVsQY6OcUevOvRHZioUNmgoRi30Ko07dsp5FxX-fmo_kxo0p_q_wS3oNSyogALfqLBY/s2049/IMG_0004.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2049" data-original-width="1537" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTGKwx8E1zl2nROSVMbj2_A3h6w_eAX8Y9dduoqq4EYd4i73zbPs2Zh3xeqbSigov71sdDM2i3WZ7ncvsn6iLit97hLI8yC3DBdWTqSpEl0ajxdD2d0JeD3Rt-TVsQY6OcUevOvRHZioUNmgoRi30Ko07dsp5FxX-fmo_kxo0p_q_wS3oNSyogALfqLBY/s320/IMG_0004.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satan is that snake, friends. He is clever....he blends in with your life....and he wants nothing more than to bite you, hurt you and eventually kill you. He is the most dangerous thing you could get bit by.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Be aware he exists everywhere....in your school.....in your job.....in your family....and in your friends.....and his only job is to kill you. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And that's why I warn you....not because I want to preach to you....but because I love you.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI93flr4a8r8_I7hu73Pbl-qjDnMh5FRqG3CvDN9NnCefd50VswezgH7vlqDTSXb3LnkUrP0rlU1c5jQjpC8SMggnZiKH40wAAbUDqdzSutWFmmo6zfBwDaoTiRtMnKB9TxN6E-i4d00pBJiZa61pLlOUt7suBPuNime74CsG3fVWENS97qwnycyoWo-Y/s2538/IMG_5376.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2538" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI93flr4a8r8_I7hu73Pbl-qjDnMh5FRqG3CvDN9NnCefd50VswezgH7vlqDTSXb3LnkUrP0rlU1c5jQjpC8SMggnZiKH40wAAbUDqdzSutWFmmo6zfBwDaoTiRtMnKB9TxN6E-i4d00pBJiZa61pLlOUt7suBPuNime74CsG3fVWENS97qwnycyoWo-Y/s320/IMG_5376.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUowkkewkJK_3pMCKslchHBpJjuMIYQHYVZ0sytNnnQQsTU_9ZxsjYi5FFnzcPsBhuWw8AaQ-kOPzOmaRSp8fXLjrlksB1s9hZa3rsvgxuJFj8Ytengwm-ity9xR5tdFL7Ddyu0e1oZ5MnOrIKzlK6aa6c0o3vqvyGlK10OogPYHtIOsFgJKuBz50wwo/s4032/IMG_5385.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiUowkkewkJK_3pMCKslchHBpJjuMIYQHYVZ0sytNnnQQsTU_9ZxsjYi5FFnzcPsBhuWw8AaQ-kOPzOmaRSp8fXLjrlksB1s9hZa3rsvgxuJFj8Ytengwm-ity9xR5tdFL7Ddyu0e1oZ5MnOrIKzlK6aa6c0o3vqvyGlK10OogPYHtIOsFgJKuBz50wwo/s320/IMG_5385.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-78252438406790505662023-05-18T09:11:00.022-05:002023-05-19T09:32:06.527-05:00THURSDAYS WITH PAPPO<p> <span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">THURSDAYS WITH PAPPO</span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">LizEtheridgeSekerke</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuucHkT4G91Qo4aDBljWP8M1E1JUIRXa-FjxjHRZzSKakdLoKQXEaCRsGSmGcsVDwhOyRrZjKvfc7-21NsXnE1WeAjeXS3h4WcxbebjCA6vFfhNWUIgRTyvMxQUzNEJolSKv52ml_RzAm72VdfF64Bu04ZVJcZXceaewIvRi8qCrTShFgBnENkxSwP/s4032/IMG_8346.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuucHkT4G91Qo4aDBljWP8M1E1JUIRXa-FjxjHRZzSKakdLoKQXEaCRsGSmGcsVDwhOyRrZjKvfc7-21NsXnE1WeAjeXS3h4WcxbebjCA6vFfhNWUIgRTyvMxQUzNEJolSKv52ml_RzAm72VdfF64Bu04ZVJcZXceaewIvRi8qCrTShFgBnENkxSwP/s320/IMG_8346.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">As is true with most every Thursday with Pappo, yesterday was interesting and tons of FUN. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGZdIRac0bOskeFn3W-g_dnNizq3KuqzHlZhCTirzrQphN6sDxJfdQQE4X0dzkombTVt6O3bxaLYtBj_BDlqZTean14497EwsT4t5ftKXOgXPNBJ2j48O0RnzytWn_K67zOjLMBJ4qlZOBR032yUNmLCDnji47D6BQ8_GlHRVzf1rvVGnN_eLGS3E/s3088/IMG_8349.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGZdIRac0bOskeFn3W-g_dnNizq3KuqzHlZhCTirzrQphN6sDxJfdQQE4X0dzkombTVt6O3bxaLYtBj_BDlqZTean14497EwsT4t5ftKXOgXPNBJ2j48O0RnzytWn_K67zOjLMBJ4qlZOBR032yUNmLCDnji47D6BQ8_GlHRVzf1rvVGnN_eLGS3E/s320/IMG_8349.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This handsome 95 year-old and his youngest 60-something daughter headed to their main hangout.....Braums Ice Cream in Cleburne. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpBxer4tf_KcPxwhmA7SlMTUQxflQj-fsAbUkuk1vTT8lAxEA-QaxmMalFHOVyDEm8GmBgd4PZVdEoxUpH8jWrZnqWVOVnbaYMiGFZgbynhxReHS2QV8TZdFTjZdnwoTgAGZueWMdXedxY9-xpSi5K3bPkXti44MhxaTv8dkqc8mxfSo0bjpPQcT7/s2178/IMG_6956.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="2178" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpBxer4tf_KcPxwhmA7SlMTUQxflQj-fsAbUkuk1vTT8lAxEA-QaxmMalFHOVyDEm8GmBgd4PZVdEoxUpH8jWrZnqWVOVnbaYMiGFZgbynhxReHS2QV8TZdFTjZdnwoTgAGZueWMdXedxY9-xpSi5K3bPkXti44MhxaTv8dkqc8mxfSo0bjpPQcT7/s320/IMG_6956.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>handcuffs I brought him last month are still dangling from his walker handle and his neighbor ladies are still using them on him every chance they get. Who knew $5 handcuffs would be such a hit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pT6y1RMlKVAW8_g2bJ7bOyHdzXAue3d843s79LDgEM-3fsLBtB4ZOsOiHgJLr5ACHkE8ZvX1LRVV9H41nKCkjiyaGYuSvhL6iqGdy6GTtkxq64LH-gJkfCTIdfGf5QKbsQg81ftMD1lXcNLYGn2aJ4kT9LuxhA2blVGKBvBVhvc_voHcItlV9LdJ/s4032/IMG_8342.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5pT6y1RMlKVAW8_g2bJ7bOyHdzXAue3d843s79LDgEM-3fsLBtB4ZOsOiHgJLr5ACHkE8ZvX1LRVV9H41nKCkjiyaGYuSvhL6iqGdy6GTtkxq64LH-gJkfCTIdfGf5QKbsQg81ftMD1lXcNLYGn2aJ4kT9LuxhA2blVGKBvBVhvc_voHcItlV9LdJ/s320/IMG_8342.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And you'll be happy to know he has been learning how to embroidery, yes....embroidering his initials on everything...thanks to his granddaughter, Jacque. She has him all set up with his own sewing kit, hoops and thread. The Sewing Group at his Independent Living Center tell him he's the ONE and ONLY man ever to join the sewing group. That got a smile on his face.....</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUIWOhjg0_1HXXYE-jQc78cgoIdaqjVsHVP5L6nHydSy7CfKYP5B_7mnAjY7edANXqi_1BactmKTJp4Ku2KslKMOCWoIpiHZwEuij3J6lckxG9UlMnsJxFk0numqIc8v6DynuVtuz3JWNLJ1zeh3QU_BE4ymNaRkdtSK9IOo738GTCGvBoMN02G8a/s4032/IMG_8340.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUIWOhjg0_1HXXYE-jQc78cgoIdaqjVsHVP5L6nHydSy7CfKYP5B_7mnAjY7edANXqi_1BactmKTJp4Ku2KslKMOCWoIpiHZwEuij3J6lckxG9UlMnsJxFk0numqIc8v6DynuVtuz3JWNLJ1zeh3QU_BE4ymNaRkdtSK9IOo738GTCGvBoMN02G8a/s320/IMG_8340.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh ya, he's also trying to learn how to play the piano! He has received his first Piano By Pictures books and has his very own account set up online to learn how to play "hymns" via iPad. No Moonlight Sonata for this man....nope....he wants Amazing Grace!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZUesrLXDefYR3ZcCR2s5BW8pCgdBhCxQU7Fpn8BI2VGbA-yBIdsW0GmmTDqWU6uy3LD_ErqMyB9MH5BEaMAA3eDGwASN--yDWNJpRNJT72zFHor2ZldMO_GW5Z4FqcOFGGDBa1jKInq4eBGnNBSdBFaHtf6HmFofiLXQKX-1AzKbaI0T0c6K3doO/s3088/IMG_8351.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTZUesrLXDefYR3ZcCR2s5BW8pCgdBhCxQU7Fpn8BI2VGbA-yBIdsW0GmmTDqWU6uy3LD_ErqMyB9MH5BEaMAA3eDGwASN--yDWNJpRNJT72zFHor2ZldMO_GW5Z4FqcOFGGDBa1jKInq4eBGnNBSdBFaHtf6HmFofiLXQKX-1AzKbaI0T0c6K3doO/s320/IMG_8351.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And as we walked back into his new home, who do I run into but a girlfriend from high school....VGA.....Donna Durichek! Goodness!! I won't even tell you how many years ago high school was, but it's over 40 and under 50. Turns out, her Dad lives three doors down from Pappo!! Geez....what a small world we live in!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp4ivmk9mP2DpjZX6hQpmrYJdKfxP3w7mv6tXVsJEVcrcVGglObMXWaz_vYKf8x61sO_fKQ5cK4btn9zVLMHTluZr1QhKee5EqY2jkN8D6zy05RLYEkO8JIX0ZhzDA6QX-iwCWSnYsr_Y1hfeBkTmNulOvJsV719vgMJpW4yRAcFZRsGXBdCwRkbS/s3088/IMG_8347.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2316" data-original-width="3088" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVp4ivmk9mP2DpjZX6hQpmrYJdKfxP3w7mv6tXVsJEVcrcVGglObMXWaz_vYKf8x61sO_fKQ5cK4btn9zVLMHTluZr1QhKee5EqY2jkN8D6zy05RLYEkO8JIX0ZhzDA6QX-iwCWSnYsr_Y1hfeBkTmNulOvJsV719vgMJpW4yRAcFZRsGXBdCwRkbS/s320/IMG_8347.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As we said goodbye till next week, he kissed my hand, lovingly looked into my eyes and said, "Can you bring me a short extension cord next week?"</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">P.S.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">They canceled Bingo last week.....</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tuesdayswithpappo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWeKMyWHhBq4-BFjBB6wsLmt9CnfrEJXMIxmd_b7oUOUA90T4pgnTLXnsf9Csd62tG4xhKQdW8gLTBOQ12oU3EhBY3nnKbkX3JODYJ0RJHRlbrNvj_96UzDhPvRHzrXmEb4V0x7Z5z9EubpPcn4jR28s9vU2QZY8w89bFn2qF-FFg&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation; white-space: normal;" tabindex="0">#Tuesdayswithpappo</a></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-53435659570516314332023-05-14T09:19:00.007-05:002023-05-19T09:21:31.089-05:00The Gift Of A Mom - Mothers Day 2023<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">MOTHERS DAY</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">LizEtheridgeSekerke</span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Rk8g6Z1F9LN2XTIpsJ6Jv_tOwPbhuXmb-YV4S8qsrDoNundHFJYzHavK2ABiE8iAuvWyzu_AylFgDprjmXrLpITII9pqzZEpL_Alw1LQjHZYIM9bKRvlZxm9TOIh_Ro0pZ-AaOBmTuS7AC4oJHSzY0x8wQk9fw3oZQoGH-ltDCca7sURhA_t_8R/s720/346310597_780005560170038_6965953787108520745_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5Rk8g6Z1F9LN2XTIpsJ6Jv_tOwPbhuXmb-YV4S8qsrDoNundHFJYzHavK2ABiE8iAuvWyzu_AylFgDprjmXrLpITII9pqzZEpL_Alw1LQjHZYIM9bKRvlZxm9TOIh_Ro0pZ-AaOBmTuS7AC4oJHSzY0x8wQk9fw3oZQoGH-ltDCca7sURhA_t_8R/s320/346310597_780005560170038_6965953787108520745_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mary stood at the foot of the cross her young Son was dying on……</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>Jesus saw His mother and the disciple He loved standing near her.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So He said to His mother,</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="color: red;">“Woman, here is your son."</span></i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then He said to the disciple,</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"><i>“Here is your mother."</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"><i>From that moment, the disciple accepted her as his own MOTHER."</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: red;"><i>John 19:25-27</i></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I love that even in His darkest moment, Jesus made sure His Mom was taken care of after He was gone. He knew that an arrow was piercing her own soul as much as it was His side, so He gifted His Mom to John, the disciple He loved and trusted.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My mom died two weeks before Mothers Day 11 years ago. I dreaded going through that weekend without her.....I was childless and now I was motherless. But then I received a call. A call from a lady named Pam in Winnsboro, Texas.......a lady I had met over the years as I delivered Meals on Wheels to her own elderly mother......and Pam offered to share her mother with me that weekend.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">And so she did.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">She invited me to Sunday lunch with the whole family......to celebrate this lady she called Mom and I called Jewel. She gifted me with love.....this sweet daughter gifted me her Mom.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was probably one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me. She knew my heart was piercing; aching to feel the touch of a wrinkled hand touching my cheek....longing to smell the Estee Lauder perfume that always arrived moments prior to Mom entering a room. She knew my heart had a crack in it.....so she handed me her heart......and her very own Mom.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Gift of a Mom......I think God had it right creating her from the rib of man....the rib always keeps the heart safe.</div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-13394950008086808632023-05-11T09:22:00.002-05:002023-05-19T09:32:21.886-05:00THURSDAYS WITH PAPPO<p>Thursdays With Pappo</p><p>LizEtheridgeSekerke </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bQPeoiZ4MaptvOO0HSYCNoUoUqoKC7sOUmI_drV34z1P9deheRyAFRmmLnJ_4lznooCMehDwByT-xiAy98hQg11pLBIxnwzIk-oksCUdUu1QqpkKjhN689zcql-krHQK89B50JK_1_BPka8gax16Wb0tee2DtWWEuWvnK0x4Xjl13dvRRI7rLZ37/s2048/346477654_626077352403390_6207821715267366294_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3bQPeoiZ4MaptvOO0HSYCNoUoUqoKC7sOUmI_drV34z1P9deheRyAFRmmLnJ_4lznooCMehDwByT-xiAy98hQg11pLBIxnwzIk-oksCUdUu1QqpkKjhN689zcql-krHQK89B50JK_1_BPka8gax16Wb0tee2DtWWEuWvnK0x4Xjl13dvRRI7rLZ37/s320/346477654_626077352403390_6207821715267366294_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>Thursdays With Pappo......included a handshake agreement that if I purchased him a hand drill like Wayne's, he would go to Bingo with the women. Here's that conversation:</span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">LIZ:</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> “Hey Pappo, why don’t you play Bingo with your neighbors & friends?”</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>PAPPO:</b></span><span style="color: #050505;"><b> </b> "Only women go to Bingo. No men ever go to Bingo here at the Independent Living Center...aka Prison".</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span><b><span style="color: red;">LIZ: </span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "Well Pappo, like you used to always tell me, pave your own path.....be a trendsetter. If you start going to Bingo, the other men will follow."</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">PAPPO: </span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "When did I ever tell you that?"</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: red;">LIZ: </span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "Well, you didn't actually ever tell me that, but I knew you wished you had."</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">PAPPO: </span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "I'll make a deal with you Softie (his nickname for me). You get me a drill like Wayne's and I'll go to Bingo."</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynRDEi1jOSrbW-XzK9slXKkd416_hR2BtarRUpZ0HWbksn5jMJNpoNbda-EqruFrlMZenMxuNnBz0Wqo1qF3XEn6EiL__Ahyu8Su8SOtwINgFzVLLNHLjbwXGEvga9ioOa3qzlslRJEK3SJx6JRvtCPzaWMAwPaWhgO4YJ2e4rA8AotzheSWnDXcs/s2048/346079620_1692182177883684_2066906760342135054_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhynRDEi1jOSrbW-XzK9slXKkd416_hR2BtarRUpZ0HWbksn5jMJNpoNbda-EqruFrlMZenMxuNnBz0Wqo1qF3XEn6EiL__Ahyu8Su8SOtwINgFzVLLNHLjbwXGEvga9ioOa3qzlslRJEK3SJx6JRvtCPzaWMAwPaWhgO4YJ2e4rA8AotzheSWnDXcs/s320/346079620_1692182177883684_2066906760342135054_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: red;">LIZ:</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "Really?? You promise?? (head nod by Dad). I'd feel better if we shook on it.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="color: #0b5394;">PAPPO:</span></b><span style="color: #050505;"> "Ok"</span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #050505;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnR6AWqNM2ALAzvjJtybVpiZnf521wJdG6X3uriuTeM2r4CWwyB_hgoAt6gJ0o2Cy00SfZUCsLKzfDLqW9plu1peZGQJhKItBX0rOrxCULXm7m-YeYj1A07w99AvePPc11AQRNF4fEFgLbtuie4XolhXU8d6bIRQl7tnb3PvwHY56hQXoYUQGIdOhS/s2048/346316208_559874026231594_2953966570616007934_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I loved the line in Jesus Calling this morning that said, </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Welcome problems as perspective-lifters!"</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> It continued.......</span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>"The problem can be a LADDER, enabling you to climb up and see your life from My Perspective. Viewed from above, the obstacle that frustrated you is only a light and momentary trouble. Once your perspective has been heightened, you can look away from the problem altogether.” </i></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">It reminded me of the time I went to New Hampshire with my girlfriend Cheryl in <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>2019….it was Fall and we had enjoyed almost a full week of beautiful colors and Fall temperatures. We decided to take a skylift up a mountain as we were leaving New Hampshire headed to Boston. The beauty (Pic #1) from down below on the highway was nice and had become the norm for the week, but the beauty from high above on the top of the mountain (Pic #2) was spectacular. Perspective. That’s why I can’t wait to get to Heaven and be a drone. Seeing everything with different eyes….high above….it looks so magical from up there. But truth is, it’s no less beautiful down below…our eyes have just become so accustomed to that view that we take it for granted. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Same view…..different perspective.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My goal today is to look at the norm with a different perspective.</div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-3593703527817360552023-04-17T09:33:00.049-05:002023-05-19T09:42:22.119-05:00Couples Adventure Challenge #9<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Couples Adventure Challenge #9......</span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">LizEtheridgeSekerke</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OC-OeD7ferLJnBZFt3d_8YjMJSN6OCt6O33_7LfzjXXJ0TENHgjwkqTxLajPSWn_OP6Hb4kd1taNpr1U72jA4ysR9hYWsjWMBPsbkC5xM3lzYRiIOaZFMX4hep4FRCjw5X9WRJwSjzhzm_oyVeaJ9Ut3gIuyTrZdrJq8mVU9_AT6SMvEkLpdTCvJ/s2048/342179307_239329478674052_6948864418093271585_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4OC-OeD7ferLJnBZFt3d_8YjMJSN6OCt6O33_7LfzjXXJ0TENHgjwkqTxLajPSWn_OP6Hb4kd1taNpr1U72jA4ysR9hYWsjWMBPsbkC5xM3lzYRiIOaZFMX4hep4FRCjw5X9WRJwSjzhzm_oyVeaJ9Ut3gIuyTrZdrJq8mVU9_AT6SMvEkLpdTCvJ/s320/342179307_239329478674052_6948864418093271585_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">...is in the books!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">We've been doing these crazy Adventure Challenges for over a year but, unfortunately, they had been put on “HOLD” these past few months until we unpacked the last box....hung the last chandelier....and caught our breath from a whirlwind of moving....living in hotels for 3 weeks....then moving again. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">We <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>were more than ready to scratch off our next Couples Adventure Challenge and see what we would be doing this weekend! </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxpoZHlDYDKVBBqbQE-sns1GowSQheYmfpQ8dn3BNgcLuTNMoM6ZNUBnGgBOxsE0RLwWpb1K0w003x7jXWit-si2l8Ef5xR99kE8AYWQNhcj3Wl1omLSykLiYS0wcI4KxinutzUpsO_mSnJrdho-_HfmHQfXEsldUeSX7qF6VIyZSPtiyG4OyEAgB/s2048/342181926_991445872239164_6225782301057115610_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxpoZHlDYDKVBBqbQE-sns1GowSQheYmfpQ8dn3BNgcLuTNMoM6ZNUBnGgBOxsE0RLwWpb1K0w003x7jXWit-si2l8Ef5xR99kE8AYWQNhcj3Wl1omLSykLiYS0wcI4KxinutzUpsO_mSnJrdho-_HfmHQfXEsldUeSX7qF6VIyZSPtiyG4OyEAgB/s320/342181926_991445872239164_6225782301057115610_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Challenge was: </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">1) Each of you write down your ultimate date idea for the night. This is your chance to make it all about what you want.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">2) Select one item from you house (keep it a secret) that you will take to a pawn shop to sell.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">3) Whoever sells their item for more money gets to choose the date idea for the night.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">4) Combine the money you got to pay for the date.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">So as Wayne went up into the attic to search for his “secret item” to sell, I went no further than my jewelry box. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">As he placed his item in the trunk, I placed mine in the backpack and Googled “Pawn Shops Near Me.” Google sent us down the road to the great town of McKinney.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlOD8Jbn3MdpdVswFSCOe-iv9wpT6suRJCk9u_KxLtAg-738dlStpKIgPVB1PPDz_u6u6ODxk9ad75DFOa0C1s0hI0rMKnUnX4_mg61Cud6YsdqRhLMQb_58Mca79WeXoxsFAIQeP1VmFxwLt1jVSf3_8L6lRPZVciWHxHVQ5gLDwUhAJMcirDqto/s2048/342026973_796787244712493_5782130796720428942_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlOD8Jbn3MdpdVswFSCOe-iv9wpT6suRJCk9u_KxLtAg-738dlStpKIgPVB1PPDz_u6u6ODxk9ad75DFOa0C1s0hI0rMKnUnX4_mg61Cud6YsdqRhLMQb_58Mca79WeXoxsFAIQeP1VmFxwLt1jVSf3_8L6lRPZVciWHxHVQ5gLDwUhAJMcirDqto/s320/342026973_796787244712493_5782130796720428942_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wayne walked in with a vintage manual typewriter in mint condition that had been in the family for many years. It had been used many times to type high school homework assignments and college essays. A classic. I won’t lie; my heart tugged a bit at the thought of him selling this piece of history. But that typewriter had been moved 8x over the years and needed a good home. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">My “secret” item was a diamond tennis bracelet I had been given years ago that I wasn’t sure </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">was even real. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Turns out, the pawn shop doesn’t buy vintage typewriters and my diamond tennis bracelet was, indeed, real. SCORE!! </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Liz won!!!</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">So we walked out with a cool $380 to go on our Adventure Date with!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4x3wFJxIa2bxka-8ef22zW0Of7oRzJAx0JEMFT3ssmYZ5Q0YBxtAS2pkbSKhm1TS9pp49pBUABN3pcnKJwOIR9NhttRyvyviNBPYClfxe-y153lUYqcLlNQLGgj-v-PSsOG7XjyKiaQB-aXgNti3h9-TZ6JyjsP-bZYiYFR3DH8HRTLDPK4Je5ZO/s2048/342188752_548828440697496_3372692501846755575_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq4x3wFJxIa2bxka-8ef22zW0Of7oRzJAx0JEMFT3ssmYZ5Q0YBxtAS2pkbSKhm1TS9pp49pBUABN3pcnKJwOIR9NhttRyvyviNBPYClfxe-y153lUYqcLlNQLGgj-v-PSsOG7XjyKiaQB-aXgNti3h9-TZ6JyjsP-bZYiYFR3DH8HRTLDPK4Je5ZO/s320/342188752_548828440697496_3372692501846755575_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">And where had I chosen as my ultimate date?? None other than.......Putt Putt Golf and Dinner. We’re simple people, folks....it doesn’t take much to have a good time with this guy.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">We headed to an indoor Putt Putt called Puttery at Grandscape not far from our house and let the fun begin!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we took the ski lift from hole to hole.....</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkqCHFdalusCE_309es1bjhoOb2wWBofL99xgxgNWpnfaii9SgDog_rBnmmRuC_k5lo58Usi_VBS625jkAszvslUUvZhEoAlk5_xmVxOnMVgD3icW_g8MKa2Y4vLekNvMXKrJ53rKVfvQXdqEcxecgXDxEgEn6hkzqLtnAQdKg1khazG20UIaiuqH/s2048/342160816_6301700096535675_4300939381654804419_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirkqCHFdalusCE_309es1bjhoOb2wWBofL99xgxgNWpnfaii9SgDog_rBnmmRuC_k5lo58Usi_VBS625jkAszvslUUvZhEoAlk5_xmVxOnMVgD3icW_g8MKa2Y4vLekNvMXKrJ53rKVfvQXdqEcxecgXDxEgEn6hkzqLtnAQdKg1khazG20UIaiuqH/s320/342160816_6301700096535675_4300939381654804419_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">And ended the date with a nice dinner on a rooftop cafe and a free concert in the park.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp7UHE0w6W3LotlxjDj-U2Fo_4ik4xnsDOBeW3ZswHH8ZU555Ht0DHirKE87AcphBn3kBaYb0JdyCb5c31Yt59JBxajMZAy2W1YSZhB80yicGmZeMoZ979tW2ceII85evK4mHUgIlMqowz7fcsCSg9B0pxk6b5dIiKYB8oHm5vHGJEHIlunRFjO3w/s2048/341487309_758737229221939_6070523959425535935_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinp7UHE0w6W3LotlxjDj-U2Fo_4ik4xnsDOBeW3ZswHH8ZU555Ht0DHirKE87AcphBn3kBaYb0JdyCb5c31Yt59JBxajMZAy2W1YSZhB80yicGmZeMoZ979tW2ceII85evK4mHUgIlMqowz7fcsCSg9B0pxk6b5dIiKYB8oHm5vHGJEHIlunRFjO3w/s320/341487309_758737229221939_6070523959425535935_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Life with this guy just keeps getting better and better....</b></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIUjFBrGi43Enar_MjTOa1YmHm2rEWKIx4jfqu1zuWh2W0ykoVBaZTqjQm1b5QMXjLOpA4vDSdA1fLBJy5Vuwvp0-fZXX03uzL91J7F9ZP5bW4q9BB4yVOj4BmoJnU87xbH2pW07lhc2XlsP08cWC5iC9GcRFM52bgn7kgMkBpXSVlLjxPwqs_Ggr/s2048/342184517_562926669270528_6192122295726962118_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBIUjFBrGi43Enar_MjTOa1YmHm2rEWKIx4jfqu1zuWh2W0ykoVBaZTqjQm1b5QMXjLOpA4vDSdA1fLBJy5Vuwvp0-fZXX03uzL91J7F9ZP5bW4q9BB4yVOj4BmoJnU87xbH2pW07lhc2XlsP08cWC5iC9GcRFM52bgn7kgMkBpXSVlLjxPwqs_Ggr/s320/342184517_562926669270528_6192122295726962118_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-41006097065238547562023-04-15T20:59:00.002-05:002023-04-15T20:59:50.901-05:00Each Moment Is From God<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNHjxbRKmHM2CTqAhyb_KNTa3qXM25nWN9RfzvSm3ENf02UM6PJdwu8IdEIDc3AZVosHRPEmOtiMGmTAaQ9wxYdqUQB-RPGp8YSHFXku4zHOK1iGNV6YTU830aAolwbKQNrLFp7ukg5rRWMhL9JDe1ZExxSt9HCcgdIy5aMQKxvpfa5JJV_aAXS-D/s2048/341866092_783218790189287_1053011122804722497_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxNHjxbRKmHM2CTqAhyb_KNTa3qXM25nWN9RfzvSm3ENf02UM6PJdwu8IdEIDc3AZVosHRPEmOtiMGmTAaQ9wxYdqUQB-RPGp8YSHFXku4zHOK1iGNV6YTU830aAolwbKQNrLFp7ukg5rRWMhL9JDe1ZExxSt9HCcgdIy5aMQKxvpfa5JJV_aAXS-D/s320/341866092_783218790189287_1053011122804722497_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> YESTERDAY......we saw the future.<p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id=":r6h:"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And we smiled. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We visited Lowe’s yesterday....and as we drove into the parking lot, we passed this sweet couple leaning on each other....each with their own uniquely sized cane....holding hands....smiling....ready to purchase plants for their yard to.....Keep-Life-Going.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>was a precious site as I took a picture out the passenger window. It reminded me of us. It reminded me that we’re all going to be this couple some day. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftxB9i-JfCdf4NHnKcjAJC-aQXin9hVCXVFeqwVlD1KrnHhKgN44OjvwnVMDEoP8fhk15ieJy4wawUvKvhOa-EVF4Cy6tLkoOt880BNT6j9T9TDii8ZnC-JJOI6bs3wlFS-IJzqFVoS12d-ptFV9vVubqcqc4X3ZIlt2VmLDM3k_-PxvZZDibheaw/s1870/341314258_2408099189348495_6887112718216628401_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1870" data-original-width="1402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftxB9i-JfCdf4NHnKcjAJC-aQXin9hVCXVFeqwVlD1KrnHhKgN44OjvwnVMDEoP8fhk15ieJy4wawUvKvhOa-EVF4Cy6tLkoOt880BNT6j9T9TDii8ZnC-JJOI6bs3wlFS-IJzqFVoS12d-ptFV9vVubqcqc4X3ZIlt2VmLDM3k_-PxvZZDibheaw/s320/341314258_2408099189348495_6887112718216628401_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Or are we? </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Will we resent getting older....or needing a cane....or moving slower....or having aching knees? Or will we remember to thank God for having a cane to help us....or legs that have knees to ache? Will we remember that getting older simply means, if you know God, you are simply closer to the JOY of seeing Him face to face than you were yesterday? <br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I don’t know this couple.....but they radiated God to me....and I want to be like them when I grow up.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And my prayer this morning was this: </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i>“God, I love You.....help me to always see You in the moment we are living in. Good or Bad....Easy or Hard...Smiling or Crying....may we be trained to see YOU in each moment....because each moment is from You.”</i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioniUY9haprH1SEm7Kc3MhnvztPaCVW11jgEbPHWWmG0fqo_RRi7IQdSqqSgOoGe1-J12t7QybUdqld3202SL1QZh0HH4vpgbpdC7fR0W_iGy1O5RknBOWSMTqahGlDQlzRys6zBVc0E_5NgEKiq5ZRgUkOPzVYD9LhcbWzW2VuzG1vej27v4hktXM/s2048/341769714_259168023122507_1603464939305739640_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioniUY9haprH1SEm7Kc3MhnvztPaCVW11jgEbPHWWmG0fqo_RRi7IQdSqqSgOoGe1-J12t7QybUdqld3202SL1QZh0HH4vpgbpdC7fR0W_iGy1O5RknBOWSMTqahGlDQlzRys6zBVc0E_5NgEKiq5ZRgUkOPzVYD9LhcbWzW2VuzG1vej27v4hktXM/s320/341769714_259168023122507_1603464939305739640_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9LnzK70P938JMSQ2y9YNfNN8VE2WTEZCJGAXGjvlU-zK_vx9fiQJLwEm4kUQiC9QLEHELCLUjEgAL0xo56wjuOAj1NQsvxlCTGehaIZN5Qe24S8_t0cqkwLG7uCTOP_m9EiN-ECTZH1EivrG6chE98GUa5DF6cCymtXiba8DYZ_t2YrJu64BfzXq/s2048/341268786_2776783745792146_274823196190873271_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw9LnzK70P938JMSQ2y9YNfNN8VE2WTEZCJGAXGjvlU-zK_vx9fiQJLwEm4kUQiC9QLEHELCLUjEgAL0xo56wjuOAj1NQsvxlCTGehaIZN5Qe24S8_t0cqkwLG7uCTOP_m9EiN-ECTZH1EivrG6chE98GUa5DF6cCymtXiba8DYZ_t2YrJu64BfzXq/s320/341268786_2776783745792146_274823196190873271_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Go......and have a great day today! BTW, we did another Couples Adventure Challenge yesterday I can’t wait to tell you about later! Last picture is a hint....</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-44558669350478370422023-04-13T09:30:00.001-05:002023-05-19T09:31:52.219-05:00THURSDAYS WITH PAPPO<p>INCARCERATED (Or So He Thinks)</p><p>LizEtheridgeSekerke</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW6dE6stF8DX_Csjp9tDPCVcrQzpLzA5DZrGMgNWi013NdoowgT6QyDR00FERXVL7g5W6I45CxNBb9uPZ2dMdFSTRDpecKKml5-mu14AHuWOJ5NmYH84m4ippyKSpTIr8sAe0x0tZYnRULcRQrwFBG0aXJQcucdqbHgPtp6qpx5jt36_t7aaz2aAu/s960/342989824_6244863262248990_3330401708913157671_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdW6dE6stF8DX_Csjp9tDPCVcrQzpLzA5DZrGMgNWi013NdoowgT6QyDR00FERXVL7g5W6I45CxNBb9uPZ2dMdFSTRDpecKKml5-mu14AHuWOJ5NmYH84m4ippyKSpTIr8sAe0x0tZYnRULcRQrwFBG0aXJQcucdqbHgPtp6qpx5jt36_t7aaz2aAu/s320/342989824_6244863262248990_3330401708913157671_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p>When your Dad keeps telling everyone he was handcuffed and dragged to the independent living apartment (& he wasn’t), we had no option but to make him walk-the-walk if he’s going to talk-the-talk.</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> </span><p></p><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Just sayin’……</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tuesdayswithpappo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWeKMyWHhBq4-BFjBB6wsLmt9CnfrEJXMIxmd_b7oUOUA90T4pgnTLXnsf9Csd62tG4xhKQdW8gLTBOQ12oU3EhBY3nnKbkX3JODYJ0RJHRlbrNvj_96UzDhPvRHzrXmEb4V0x7Z5z9EubpPcn4jR28s9vU2QZY8w89bFn2qF-FFg&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Tuesdayswithpappo</a></span>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-42290998852084540192023-03-26T08:02:00.001-05:002023-04-19T08:13:32.636-05:00My Dad<p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73lsOZEFEeHpaB2NhJgjJ0enrECAMn4Ucx0gyzKaRwH5ad7XD5oKN5JGcBnmxnfwawNbSqCUBEiZ0sWFJPELge-SZv-2E0HBRigrmgO0cGxXzbyGwwDf6Q8vb2C6j0CbPrUAkREjWYGc_x5deuTnyPS5SklFj6hznXFfzxDYpD8ucgrVqg4FW23aU/s450/337848786_751691859794147_2040445927556611629_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73lsOZEFEeHpaB2NhJgjJ0enrECAMn4Ucx0gyzKaRwH5ad7XD5oKN5JGcBnmxnfwawNbSqCUBEiZ0sWFJPELge-SZv-2E0HBRigrmgO0cGxXzbyGwwDf6Q8vb2C6j0CbPrUAkREjWYGc_x5deuTnyPS5SklFj6hznXFfzxDYpD8ucgrVqg4FW23aU/s320/337848786_751691859794147_2040445927556611629_n.jpg" width="284" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"> <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">It's March 26th.....and in the Calloway family, this means only one thing: It's Pappo's Birthday, aka Dad. He's a whopping 95 today!</span></span></p><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">Wanted to give you a few snippets about who the Man of Steel has been as we three bratty kids grew into senior citizens ourselves: </span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"> </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;">My Dad - Jim <span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-color="" data-darkreader-inline-outline="" href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005897447983&__cft__[0]=AZUOGXRaJ4jMEJXI4bdLdSJ6waboHUkviLpHBrYaW4s40GH6tZF8lYnP8kZcMftlG1D5Wn_ItlYXVgVnBikjLfsJsW5HrRvkEgdMxuJeq0H6qEZX993gKfm6qEGJjsndW7ssIfQv0NTLkLg3cdKJE7E8rDrtrvDJEo51jkibvKjrHw&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: transparent; --darkreader-inline-border-bottom: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-left: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-right: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-border-top: currentcolor; --darkreader-inline-color: var(--darkreader-text--accent); --darkreader-inline-outline: currentcolor; background-color: transparent; border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--accent); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 400; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">JC Calloway</span></span></a></span> Calloway </span></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #7fa6d0; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>LizCallowaySekerke</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Growing up, my dad loved Tennessee Ernie Ford, watching Saturday night wrestling and listening to Paul Harvey on the radio.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He loves old people and breakfast for dinner.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He believes in being early and always keeping your gas tank half full.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">My Pappo is a thinker...an entrepreneur....always thinking about what business to start next or how to learn to sew or make rubber stamps. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">His hair is always cut in a bur and anything sweet is always a treat to him.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He was a Ham Radio operator in his early years and his call name was W5FWK (and why do I still remember that??)</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">His favorite place in our house was in his recliner in the living room; newspaper in his hands spread open wide. His favorite place is still with a Dallas Morning News in his hands.... fortunately, in a different recliner.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Pappo always prays before meals and did the dishes on Saturday mornings before the family loaded into the Buick and went to church.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He taught me how to ride a bike, learn to drive a stick shift car at the cemetery (He always said "You can't kill anyone there, Softie") and dared me to get my first job. The next day I showed him and got a job at Wendy's! His reverse psychology always worked like a charm!</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He carried blank computer cards, a pen and a pocket-protector in his front pocket at all times in case he needed to “take notes”. But now, he carries 3x5 cards and an Amazing Grace track in that front shirt pocket.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He told us kids that Coke had bat-doopy in it to keep us from drinking it, yet now, Diet Coke is his favorite drink.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He gave great big bear hugs and knew intimately how to use his belt.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Dad always woke us three kids up every Saturday morning with the annoying <i>"Let me hear the pitter patter of those feet getting up"</i> and brought me thick Dairy Queen malts when I was sick.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">He has a truly genuine smile and has learned to cry now that he's older. As long as I can remember, he has always carried a handkerchief in his pants pocket ready to wipe our tears or nose. Dad never fails to tell me he loves me and he's happiest when he wins a controversial discussion.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">We three kids are so very blessed to have Jim (JC) Calloway as our Dad and wanted to share him with you today, his 95th trip around the sun. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPPO, </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Love, Your Softie</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlGKwGHvVfuVwP461XhRpcaRaX-vM0f5MnZpIp1bcyVfpEJbfDKadeodMxtcPn-ZT-rz-DQoxN1mrCgfBKcnyfelrqW92sI2cb4inqFonHj_CPyhMozfOgP7H4Yy3ojbu8elrjvCgrWsl6BfRaTeWJ2mWaCPpFLeAb-VfYrsiDZBkxqkhR5ApQfza/s1280/338042104_1621628278258231_4717762718137666998_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlGKwGHvVfuVwP461XhRpcaRaX-vM0f5MnZpIp1bcyVfpEJbfDKadeodMxtcPn-ZT-rz-DQoxN1mrCgfBKcnyfelrqW92sI2cb4inqFonHj_CPyhMozfOgP7H4Yy3ojbu8elrjvCgrWsl6BfRaTeWJ2mWaCPpFLeAb-VfYrsiDZBkxqkhR5ApQfza/s320/338042104_1621628278258231_4717762718137666998_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-22636503628208453962023-02-23T14:03:00.001-06:002023-02-23T14:03:53.756-06:00RE-Baptism<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAGvRYqsST2LN4Hu8Pt0frnwFc05NvCRtfvDXnK2zghgl7dsuFwBRrkiQ8XFGTijPrFBsCv6ZaRC1TFKZrbN_m-Bsr9XzRocZiLMski2uEl2cM-r6puRgd7hZInb3WVXCaz52nU9_tfFqgEOhlbGXUTH4fK3HyT3l7KxYKwywtUf67dB78NlM2943/s1156/IMG_4325r.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="936" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAGvRYqsST2LN4Hu8Pt0frnwFc05NvCRtfvDXnK2zghgl7dsuFwBRrkiQ8XFGTijPrFBsCv6ZaRC1TFKZrbN_m-Bsr9XzRocZiLMski2uEl2cM-r6puRgd7hZInb3WVXCaz52nU9_tfFqgEOhlbGXUTH4fK3HyT3l7KxYKwywtUf67dB78NlM2943/s320/IMG_4325r.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_5"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The girl in the picture below is my oldest granddaughter Bella (back to camera). She is a 2nd year student at GCU this year....Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, AZ .....the largest Christian university in the world (2018 stats).</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Bella has always been spiritually grounded....living out her beliefs in front of her peers. She constantly puts others ahead of herself....is a Leader in the homeless ministry in <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>Phoenix.....and hugs my heart tightly, whether near or far, by just saying my name. Lele.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And she made the decision a few weeks ago....to be rebaptized. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I believe she was around 8 years old when she first decided to be baptized. I remember standing in the audience at Cottonwood Creek Church that day feeling enormous emotion and pride as she went under the waters of restoration , but admittedly, I was questioning whether she was too young to fully understand what she was doing. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I was wrong. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">She knew EXACTLY what she was doing. She has had a light shining out of her since her head first came out of the waters that day many years ago. But now, at the age of 20, she chose to experience that once again.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> And this is what that looked like. Baptized by one of the first friends she met when she arrived in Phoenix two years ago. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I encourage you, if you've read this far, to gather up your friends and head to the theatre and watch Jesus Revolution. Bella and her peers are the new Jesus Revolution we'll be talking about 40 years from now. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This is one very proud Lele!!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc7dykO5eRl0oFCAy9quo3YfD-X1AXBj9bbPdoE5ztF3nVvtE-x_R07hT9zaAeGVYoSpKSyUCBNnTkwueTIklA0GYqpwnoffInp9HJXSKdjW_ZyVmHcrS8AZTPo5ll7yiN6RWNvk0LXzeLJ_gHRFhS6YpmwQ2qZYobE2yWgPkK3Lc10fmhiLZrPYI/s689/IMG_4325r.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="689" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzc7dykO5eRl0oFCAy9quo3YfD-X1AXBj9bbPdoE5ztF3nVvtE-x_R07hT9zaAeGVYoSpKSyUCBNnTkwueTIklA0GYqpwnoffInp9HJXSKdjW_ZyVmHcrS8AZTPo5ll7yiN6RWNvk0LXzeLJ_gHRFhS6YpmwQ2qZYobE2yWgPkK3Lc10fmhiLZrPYI/s320/IMG_4325r.jpeg" width="259" /></a></div><br /> </div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-17329351736614578322023-02-22T08:17:00.019-06:002023-04-19T08:22:41.630-05:00Serving The Less Served<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAjayB6IKEMAucaoVfcWBT55pcc0BZJwPKdN9S3DmQrP0bK3kZRLfznzMND1IKsOJuGq-0kvN4Q2lDWUpw7uTAX954QKARx-eME7BHFjik402v16lsRN8MBmTWfKWL0F0I2JEXXZclllL5qQAVjgaIInnP3WVKZcVXOvh3HC3xXKeQzEgAtfZCB5U/s2048/332908710_1173031540083067_8213219084985020837_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1676" data-original-width="2048" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOAjayB6IKEMAucaoVfcWBT55pcc0BZJwPKdN9S3DmQrP0bK3kZRLfznzMND1IKsOJuGq-0kvN4Q2lDWUpw7uTAX954QKARx-eME7BHFjik402v16lsRN8MBmTWfKWL0F0I2JEXXZclllL5qQAVjgaIInnP3WVKZcVXOvh3HC3xXKeQzEgAtfZCB5U/s320/332908710_1173031540083067_8213219084985020837_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Several times a year, I get the PRIVILEGE to serve with a group of people at the Austin Street Homeless Shelter in Downtown Dallas. A lunch. A simple lunch of haystacks....fritos, ground beef, shredded cheese, etc...and a few homemade cookies and lemonaide. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Not a big deal, right? Wrong. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfdMi2xXS5wHkMODH-XEWovBypwfCsYvekHJw1_GFjIaWY8aWvLt5mR_FImQFzNWy0FjBPWNBhkETCSiXl2c_tRlqgfHC52nI5ILCdyjt1aS5GZAd2QqKmD0wZG81XgAgzaoms_oGNIei04A98AjUZP1ncZ63nhomBIAhF4lnaWZ5A4sXofbTSFwk/s2048/332622917_1261877514410540_5718853149402875619_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfdMi2xXS5wHkMODH-XEWovBypwfCsYvekHJw1_GFjIaWY8aWvLt5mR_FImQFzNWy0FjBPWNBhkETCSiXl2c_tRlqgfHC52nI5ILCdyjt1aS5GZAd2QqKmD0wZG81XgAgzaoms_oGNIei04A98AjUZP1ncZ63nhomBIAhF4lnaWZ5A4sXofbTSFwk/s320/332622917_1261877514410540_5718853149402875619_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> The "clients" we serve look like the person buying light bulbs at Home Depot, a lamp at Hobby Lobby or pumping gas at the local Racetrack gas station. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #7fa6d0; color: #385898; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" tabindex="-1"></a></span>They look like you and me. </div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpp7ycOxBZYqK55P9ishuzqp0y-bI_AAunuFdB-1JtzVM2SrKd-NtHKLW8rgmEqoa7DmjvTs-A4IfnJmAtGcOSnzLMGFbdlmokqH3Kf0zq-QVqmtJdEEiWzpo6RQpxC0gnEvDvqEc5zH840BtRctTNh-jDBGcyPsrrKyQNyy5y6XKhF8n9Ll925OB/s2048/332854924_1165774217442510_5160213231444136298_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOpp7ycOxBZYqK55P9ishuzqp0y-bI_AAunuFdB-1JtzVM2SrKd-NtHKLW8rgmEqoa7DmjvTs-A4IfnJmAtGcOSnzLMGFbdlmokqH3Kf0zq-QVqmtJdEEiWzpo6RQpxC0gnEvDvqEc5zH840BtRctTNh-jDBGcyPsrrKyQNyy5y6XKhF8n9Ll925OB/s320/332854924_1165774217442510_5160213231444136298_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">And the gratefulness that flows out of their mouths for this simple meal is worth more than a million bucks to us. They smile...they are grateful....they are loved by God no more and no less than you and me.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9y96jA4MJucPNW0YW7gnXbJgMvtBqgzeD8APtiapukIBxJCWPf_lGFVyvrLTnWoFfz6m-8VfTkTXbm38K-9pIOGHND8rXHDwQCg_Lm4rqDF6Ue620FWuWtzEZvxuKggfQclPbqG38KdmhI4vSvnNbXvq7stI9DZJhge9uDDFLWtjRhpAi-F_8PSHH/s2048/332863922_953129302766755_1607111328900456542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9y96jA4MJucPNW0YW7gnXbJgMvtBqgzeD8APtiapukIBxJCWPf_lGFVyvrLTnWoFfz6m-8VfTkTXbm38K-9pIOGHND8rXHDwQCg_Lm4rqDF6Ue620FWuWtzEZvxuKggfQclPbqG38KdmhI4vSvnNbXvq7stI9DZJhge9uDDFLWtjRhpAi-F_8PSHH/s320/332863922_953129302766755_1607111328900456542_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">And yesterday, we had two young kids join us to serve. They interacted more with our "clients" that many of us adults did....going table to table offering them cookies, a smile and a kind word. This is an experience they won't soon forget...and will help mold them into the adults they one day will be.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBgP-Eg8Y0Ba4AxY-82jsIe59OKN4dgbWQKtAswZLfCaG2uStDKQXg-d8oddBVc6i69AVLry8IOQ0ETeiwwWonyp93U4ll55O5rpetqq-Qt_luT8FLp-k53elXGC8QEyXUq8A2T0XbEMihwrY8fY4B0zsr8h0Yb6kVqQTl7I7kCTqkVtXwuJ9xihB/s2048/332869445_1591662077912477_390496624895828521_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBgP-Eg8Y0Ba4AxY-82jsIe59OKN4dgbWQKtAswZLfCaG2uStDKQXg-d8oddBVc6i69AVLry8IOQ0ETeiwwWonyp93U4ll55O5rpetqq-Qt_luT8FLp-k53elXGC8QEyXUq8A2T0XbEMihwrY8fY4B0zsr8h0Yb6kVqQTl7I7kCTqkVtXwuJ9xihB/s320/332869445_1591662077912477_390496624895828521_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;">Friends, the POWER behind stepping outside of ourselves and helping others is beyond any words I can write in this space. And this mother and grandmother who brought their kids to the homeless shelter and showed them how much sweeter life is when giving rather than receiving, will be rewarded greatly one day.</div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPgzq3ttjrRQSQoabJMi6J3K-gi3tbfef_LvKu1DRUBbxW6ESU054BKVggTZPLxCF1vna2_qFznFRKDZLXzZJpgztm7hipC2T21AC7BwHaj2Oa-kILyCYL8FIoEKb5UZxETyC50kXM6kOuLLNxKJ_kxRgyBLkDXjmKbfIxtlwrxI3tWuUCzVYqFN1/s2048/332865512_2568529536619373_7557888302422710487_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPgzq3ttjrRQSQoabJMi6J3K-gi3tbfef_LvKu1DRUBbxW6ESU054BKVggTZPLxCF1vna2_qFznFRKDZLXzZJpgztm7hipC2T21AC7BwHaj2Oa-kILyCYL8FIoEKb5UZxETyC50kXM6kOuLLNxKJ_kxRgyBLkDXjmKbfIxtlwrxI3tWuUCzVYqFN1/s320/332865512_2568529536619373_7557888302422710487_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><br /></div><div data-darkreader-inline-color="" dir="auto" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #e5e3df; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">"I have demonstrated to you how necessary it is to work on behalf of the weak and not exploit them. You’ll not likely go wrong here if you keep remembering that our Master said, ‘You’re far happier giving than getting." Acts 20:35</span></i> (The Message)</div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-82723964217550155072023-02-16T08:29:00.005-06:002023-05-19T09:32:59.535-05:00Turn Around.....GO BACK<p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg759rcSjnCwjUQPVj6cWiUxozBglqvXAGn6kFs2Zw9qjulRAlwkazKJmZTZP6V1hMqP1QB40ld_GonBezKj2H9LpduwR7a8dyATi4N7V0LR7bgQPCxiHAB6rvY1FzOuhchCvlAEOJo-GGTnRcC9GKDjdQoF33kblNd76sRBGzEAu04a2XDlRMXPtpX/s1080/329698777_2606160619538344_1525965150293203935_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg759rcSjnCwjUQPVj6cWiUxozBglqvXAGn6kFs2Zw9qjulRAlwkazKJmZTZP6V1hMqP1QB40ld_GonBezKj2H9LpduwR7a8dyATi4N7V0LR7bgQPCxiHAB6rvY1FzOuhchCvlAEOJo-GGTnRcC9GKDjdQoF33kblNd76sRBGzEAu04a2XDlRMXPtpX/s320/329698777_2606160619538344_1525965150293203935_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_5mb"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">"TURN AROUND....... GO BACK"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">LizSekerke</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This picture of my almost 95 year old Dad is a picture I took yesterday of a man and his daughter enjoying a burger and a kids meal at Brahms together.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">You <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>see, this man and his youngest daughter Softie knows what it means to let the Lord direct their steps, even when those steps don’t seemingly make sense to us. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Almost a year ago, those steps took Dad from his home of almost 60 years to his current home an hour away. I won’t lie; he wasn’t happy about it at the time and felt he was being “incarcerated” (his words) while struggling to find his footing in this new place his kids felt he would be safer and happier in. But that smile on his face today is genuine. He would tell you he can see with clarity God’s reasoning and purpose for “incarcerating” him a year ago as he drove down Hwy 67 to his new home.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And that daughter sitting next to him in that Brahms Ice Cream booth....well, she also was taken down a God road she didn’t fully understand this past year. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">After much prayer and research, Wayne and I chose the town of Mansfield a year ago to build our home in. It was Wayne’s home town of 30 years and 60 miles from where I had been living. We watched as the house grew, excited to have a home we owned and built together. We bought light fixtures....decided on flooring....and daydreamed about all the wonderful things we would do with the community that was surrounding us. It placed us closer not just to Wayne’s long time friends, but also to my sister, niece and dad who I was super excited to be living down the road from......and although we adored living in Allen and all the friends and family nearby, I was ready to recalibrate myself to a new surrounding.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">But then......God placed a boulder in our path as we neared the finish line of the building of the home we lovingly built in Mansfield and clearly....CLEARLY said to us, </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i>“I Need You To Turn Around and Go Back.” </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We still don’t understand why God would have taken us within sight of the Finish Line and then u-turned us. But what we do know is, we heard Him as clearly as if He were screaming it through a bullhorn.....“TURN AROUND...GO BACK.”</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">So we did. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This past weekend, after 3 weeks of living in a hotel with a cat, dog and a litter box, we moved to our new home in Fairview, Texas....to mature trees, nature trails, lakes and pickle ball. Oh ya....we have pickle ball!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And we’ve discovered in this strange turn of events, the meaning of Proverbs 20:24: </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #ff1a1a; color: red;"><i>“The Lord directs our steps, so why try to understand everything along the way?”</i></span> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It’s not ours to understand......it’s simply ours to obey. With each passing year of my life, I find it’s less and less necessary for me to know His plan in order to know He has a plan. A plan that is far far better than our plan could ever be. And I believe His plan was to take us on this bizarre year-long journey of Excitement, Disappointment and Peace. And some day I hope to know why.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">But for today…..We - Are - Home.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/tuesdayswithpappo?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWeKMyWHhBq4-BFjBB6wsLmt9CnfrEJXMIxmd_b7oUOUA90T4pgnTLXnsf9Csd62tG4xhKQdW8gLTBOQ12oU3EhBY3nnKbkX3JODYJ0RJHRlbrNvj_96UzDhPvRHzrXmEb4V0x7Z5z9EubpPcn4jR28s9vU2QZY8w89bFn2qF-FFg&__tn__=*NK*F" role="link" style="border-color: currentcolor; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: var(--primary-text); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: currentcolor; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#Tuesdayswithpappo</a></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-81813461545762856202023-01-01T17:03:00.001-06:002023-02-17T17:05:59.909-06:00Not Waffling About Giving<p> <span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> January 1, 2023<br /><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPoCJ9vSyBUWWsNtouhRDXvUG6Drm97CTrDLgqPfycVNlc5yOLj9BzgqUicK8JKwH5wbeOY9VNiEDC9dtkpzwDCTTWaDCNVeJxtMholVdP0ZfipaDUHOXm4cAiC-4d7gySx-W-dEctHNrEQpuYNF-UtEeCtkiriS_4eRxwWGs3_rHPyb723vidNVn/s960/323620580_498341445619685_3695554446034313416_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPoCJ9vSyBUWWsNtouhRDXvUG6Drm97CTrDLgqPfycVNlc5yOLj9BzgqUicK8JKwH5wbeOY9VNiEDC9dtkpzwDCTTWaDCNVeJxtMholVdP0ZfipaDUHOXm4cAiC-4d7gySx-W-dEctHNrEQpuYNF-UtEeCtkiriS_4eRxwWGs3_rHPyb723vidNVn/s320/323620580_498341445619685_3695554446034313416_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto">Our
Annual New Years tradition of Waffle House (a reminder to Wayne and I
to not “waffle” in our decisions & choices as we begin a new year
together) with our favorite once-a-year waitress Marie! What a true
blessing she is in our lives!</span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"> </span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpbN5anvjmIKISNly8xegdowgTvamfSXOREHwLrOiOuhpPomm2NMX4j66VmNfwhNr1eSvX69Q1UYO9ipwczpOmNUsF2jFC2YfGDZHmk6-XPyvwzFQaYfysm7Th5rtdFsOndAf0IvizY__u4QZRAkMqarYhyoCL4JZm8sgHlBbgojwMIJ-pfZMuzB1/s960/323556650_1539942763097624_7335555338349884373_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpbN5anvjmIKISNly8xegdowgTvamfSXOREHwLrOiOuhpPomm2NMX4j66VmNfwhNr1eSvX69Q1UYO9ipwczpOmNUsF2jFC2YfGDZHmk6-XPyvwzFQaYfysm7Th5rtdFsOndAf0IvizY__u4QZRAkMqarYhyoCL4JZm8sgHlBbgojwMIJ-pfZMuzB1/s320/323556650_1539942763097624_7335555338349884373_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJkHVEUjctcLkoj_4BsYowv6vnxW4Nfhn5zTFgZMxyDzPHb5Dbrr7FU-9QmtfAm-5QpvaS9GnGR6-qiHeVznwqJs6a_dl5Xr5YuNF30oD8jtfrLJrp1QKOgNoE8tESgDOHpvfMZNEjzzYmoWGIPsEYIM_-DKTuc8B6lam0H30FxsspSMpuMAtIqnj/s960/323631181_1321312485077547_6625179536175944518_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJkHVEUjctcLkoj_4BsYowv6vnxW4Nfhn5zTFgZMxyDzPHb5Dbrr7FU-9QmtfAm-5QpvaS9GnGR6-qiHeVznwqJs6a_dl5Xr5YuNF30oD8jtfrLJrp1QKOgNoE8tESgDOHpvfMZNEjzzYmoWGIPsEYIM_-DKTuc8B6lam0H30FxsspSMpuMAtIqnj/s320/323631181_1321312485077547_6625179536175944518_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-14370325310748651102022-12-25T17:06:00.001-06:002023-02-17T17:11:23.062-06:00How To Explain Santa<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlalMnl5sqIxbKM8LaA6KG8PeqnNHbCthcIZgUERJeaxJ-K7W_2lOv6WdSTV67Cc46lvt0jpQqcrTJjkqHPvDnGifKeAHq9QrsLjopeufsXfGGIvJMWZdt_Wi9ZlsFvZOqPSTwHm2357uHmfVRq5PiZLjxcSUm-bHppTZNalI57Seaiho0AXbg9uS/s2048/321912086_1921760711489589_8459507843809452745_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2042" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAlalMnl5sqIxbKM8LaA6KG8PeqnNHbCthcIZgUERJeaxJ-K7W_2lOv6WdSTV67Cc46lvt0jpQqcrTJjkqHPvDnGifKeAHq9QrsLjopeufsXfGGIvJMWZdt_Wi9ZlsFvZOqPSTwHm2357uHmfVRq5PiZLjxcSUm-bHppTZNalI57Seaiho0AXbg9uS/s320/321912086_1921760711489589_8459507843809452745_n.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_12d"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Merry Christmas! </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">HOW TO EXPLAIN SANTA......</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Son: "Dad, I think I'm old enough now. Is there a Santa Claus?."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzX5jcebsBp5Q9gKhK-EFEzV07M7LZUb_l9yw5p7a_9usCBG-ESu4wRtrM83MokvyONOx-vGeqPLjNcSajMdgeLmLZcRM2vydN1YEnH7qyTbCOhl9PN3mkVpLnOhcSQaCCcalP9tgwiUzVNo4pgDBs1GzTwZyczUnqDouyL-_aqu0jRBl_scYeP3W/s2048/321910077_532471748900854_689577303023828724_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzX5jcebsBp5Q9gKhK-EFEzV07M7LZUb_l9yw5p7a_9usCBG-ESu4wRtrM83MokvyONOx-vGeqPLjNcSajMdgeLmLZcRM2vydN1YEnH7qyTbCOhl9PN3mkVpLnOhcSQaCCcalP9tgwiUzVNo4pgDBs1GzTwZyczUnqDouyL-_aqu0jRBl_scYeP3W/s320/321910077_532471748900854_689577303023828724_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>Dad: "Ok, I agree that your old enough. But before I tell you, I have a question for you. You see, the “truth” is a dangerous gift. Once you know something, you can't unknow it. Once you know the truth about Santa Claus, you will never again understand and relate to him as you do now. So my question is: Are you sure you want to know?"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Brief pause...</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Son: "Yes, I want to know"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Dad: "Ok, I'll tell you: Yes, there is a Santa Claus"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Son: "Really?"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o4yAm0s_i0ApvILBlta72T3uqvg4EsV3prmWtfWPlgYn2CuOC0zSTFPewx-g5uzQYQIRJYUIqRV1IWdpy9GFFrofJjJH9EbbYQvd1Oxs4cWOnig7DVQn6IzS-vPq-Bt99GcD28MKnNPfbT_SYeXh6vdXfVoFeMrCXo-BZ2Du0rCxLM4G6o7vpGHo/s2048/322016328_717906786569257_7370048026357834369_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o4yAm0s_i0ApvILBlta72T3uqvg4EsV3prmWtfWPlgYn2CuOC0zSTFPewx-g5uzQYQIRJYUIqRV1IWdpy9GFFrofJjJH9EbbYQvd1Oxs4cWOnig7DVQn6IzS-vPq-Bt99GcD28MKnNPfbT_SYeXh6vdXfVoFeMrCXo-BZ2Du0rCxLM4G6o7vpGHo/s320/322016328_717906786569257_7370048026357834369_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Dad: Yes, really, but he's not an old man with a beard in a red suit. That's just what we tell kids. You see, kids are too young to understand the true nature of Santa Claus, so we explain it to them in a way that they can understand. The truth about Santa Claus is that he's not a person at all; he's an idea. Think of all those presents Santa gave you over the years. I actually bought those myself. I watched you open them. And did it bother me that you didn't thank me? Of course not! In fact it gave me great pleasure.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">You see, Santa Claus is THE IDEA OF GIVING FOR THE SAKE OF GIVING, without thought of thanks or acknowledgement.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">When I saw that woman collapse on the subway last week and called for help, I knew that she'd never know that it was me that summoned the ambulance. I was being Santa Claus when I did that."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eX8bQ1ME8lW5q6ZKmvKMqneQ2NuHgt5vN0Ns9Ti9VbcopBU-NS_zHiMGyHeEAYYi8lTFFaGeb1_9j4xG7tVH6zGW_mqACLXzgWcMg7BECdRQiIizs19Yv2qc3AogdlogRyQQgzR85PYCa0DQyJvYQMXUbP7bReUojq1YdoaeQ8ut2n8nnPKnYSjG/s2048/321844686_662604285594153_7912293917050766697_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8eX8bQ1ME8lW5q6ZKmvKMqneQ2NuHgt5vN0Ns9Ti9VbcopBU-NS_zHiMGyHeEAYYi8lTFFaGeb1_9j4xG7tVH6zGW_mqACLXzgWcMg7BECdRQiIizs19Yv2qc3AogdlogRyQQgzR85PYCa0DQyJvYQMXUbP7bReUojq1YdoaeQ8ut2n8nnPKnYSjG/s320/321844686_662604285594153_7912293917050766697_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Son: "Oh."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Dad: "So now that you know, you're part of it. You have to be Santa Claus too now.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">That means you can never tell a young kid the secret, and you have to help us select Santa presents for them, and most important, you have to look for opportunities to help people. Got it?"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj8OAPU-K17M7oygGE9i4F87GaQScZfwaBngCA4Latd4z3T1BhniUb_9JJuazT203lkl2TWvbBzBQ4g8_hvBEWIfT25BAFD_qsyHjZ6Nruc88Xy-mdPm8-eL75GhbFvpkKVLcNf-Obp89PMCf3nOeUCSIxYxaIwCPfxmioY3Mq2cJA11ukvGBntRa/s2048/321923700_892103081805327_8536029982752734729_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj8OAPU-K17M7oygGE9i4F87GaQScZfwaBngCA4Latd4z3T1BhniUb_9JJuazT203lkl2TWvbBzBQ4g8_hvBEWIfT25BAFD_qsyHjZ6Nruc88Xy-mdPm8-eL75GhbFvpkKVLcNf-Obp89PMCf3nOeUCSIxYxaIwCPfxmioY3Mq2cJA11ukvGBntRa/s320/321923700_892103081805327_8536029982752734729_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Help each other this Christmas and...be kind <span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od"><img alt="❤" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tf3/1.5/16/2764.png" width="16" /></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-51963170154278259382022-12-22T17:12:00.007-06:002023-02-17T17:13:21.970-06:00Celebrate!!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfJ_y69ptZfJDWlyyOBmQB-N_EZmQJZDyKC8IRNJdi7NU7rppkf21Frsr-ph09El9d0BxlDmvN6viRNl6Q_sIqTQJRuNKwzEeGVDRCrSGwA9p8DZzeTf_nsxF3b_eIDK1qa2ox-NLe9Mh0-5JkBcl9KkN1GyEady3Sjuk8fk50dq6yuQWqZ76rnHL/s612/320677636_1152219432165390_4856220398921684393_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="612" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmfJ_y69ptZfJDWlyyOBmQB-N_EZmQJZDyKC8IRNJdi7NU7rppkf21Frsr-ph09El9d0BxlDmvN6viRNl6Q_sIqTQJRuNKwzEeGVDRCrSGwA9p8DZzeTf_nsxF3b_eIDK1qa2ox-NLe9Mh0-5JkBcl9KkN1GyEady3Sjuk8fk50dq6yuQWqZ76rnHL/s320/320677636_1152219432165390_4856220398921684393_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_1d0"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">"Celebrate!!"</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">liz sekerke </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Today is the beginning of a weekend of celebration!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">For <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>some reason, we think it means "family, gifts, eating, drinking, loneliness, black clouds and unrealistic dreams of a family like those we see on Hallmark movies" and wonder why we're disappointed on December 26. We set ourselves up for failure...because our focus is all skewed.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">But what if instead, we concentrated on the original meaning of Christmas? The true meaning. The day we were RESCUED from this POW camp called Earth from the greatest military Soldier there ever was. He left the safety and security of His Homeland....put on His fatigues....and traveled to Earth to rescue....wait for it....YOU!!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And don't think for a second He didn't feel every hit of that hammer that placed spikes in His hands while He was trying to get you to safety! He felt the pain just as you or I would.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Friends, enjoy the family time.....eat too much...give each other gifts....and celebrate. But don't forget to acknowledge the Soldier in the room. The One who made it all possible...our Rescuer from the prison of this earth.</div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Merry CHRISTmas.......</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-73952184979923043242022-12-20T17:14:00.007-06:002023-02-17T17:15:10.417-06:00SOLD!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB15w5ZDyCUNZYFUcq2RAPf8liMjumS55giLYziQ1QsX23aSF3lKEg9xl2eddK495qw1xPuSsD1N-fOVLC_LhFY9Nci8Q5zrX7H_YtSycj9YzNTL4mh0snWyX5XIBfjmCNgBOvzBRTvthrttN3T8kscANlqfmRKcJSpHHHhNyaAOGAi7UIO9AW75vT/s2048/321152036_1213360492939594_8925476702089605743_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1454" data-original-width="2048" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB15w5ZDyCUNZYFUcq2RAPf8liMjumS55giLYziQ1QsX23aSF3lKEg9xl2eddK495qw1xPuSsD1N-fOVLC_LhFY9Nci8Q5zrX7H_YtSycj9YzNTL4mh0snWyX5XIBfjmCNgBOvzBRTvthrttN3T8kscANlqfmRKcJSpHHHhNyaAOGAi7UIO9AW75vT/s320/321152036_1213360492939594_8925476702089605743_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_1fz"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Look who sold her house last week!!! The crazy excited one next to me is my SUPER COOL and AMAZING realtor Angie Johnson with Keller Williams who sold it in 4 days and is truly the best realtor this chick Liz has ever used buying and selling homes over the years. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The guy in the next picture is my husband upon arriving home that day and finding this sign waiting for him as he drove into the garage. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d7HSzk0KPIKufvWb4p2NJVrK8ugEWmrzPZGJg0w09V9A2VDY3uc6NtM2C_EIJvpPGRfSInAi7K36PoNNxOCumqmIUDp-lj_vLRzJ9bu7jXyF7E0bvTgJjh5g8DoJr0-KdWzphYmroD7gjWaDgg0USH-iRAHkU96igm9gLgx0SFPLZZhPCMvWXUTu/s2048/321235304_608535081044708_7054707637679535748_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7d7HSzk0KPIKufvWb4p2NJVrK8ugEWmrzPZGJg0w09V9A2VDY3uc6NtM2C_EIJvpPGRfSInAi7K36PoNNxOCumqmIUDp-lj_vLRzJ9bu7jXyF7E0bvTgJjh5g8DoJr0-KdWzphYmroD7gjWaDgg0USH-iRAHkU96igm9gLgx0SFPLZZhPCMvWXUTu/s320/321235304_608535081044708_7054707637679535748_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Our home (not "his"...not "hers" but "OURS") we're building in Mansfield is <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>just a few short weeks away from being complete!!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Merry Christmas from the Homeless Sekerke's.</div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-84434774476643543292022-12-06T17:17:00.023-06:002023-02-17T17:22:25.015-06:00Couples Adventure Challenge #8<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFZTI5-n50sdrmJ-cWswKh0kPYxIGqc7CPpCZlWXObzYIG-X1IK0EYfDYURujoE40j7SxwNGVYJWfZxEkqGmbWlx_r7SJ4PyvBgC6YJ-7DCzWPh6-Ht-MFPEzqlUTYOCVa1o7T8uXECre4DQc7SsXURId-7I0aYOXtLgBTOap86w0tsUCHTOTtALU/s2048/318508930_10163041685703868_7929913089435785606_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1694" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCFZTI5-n50sdrmJ-cWswKh0kPYxIGqc7CPpCZlWXObzYIG-X1IK0EYfDYURujoE40j7SxwNGVYJWfZxEkqGmbWlx_r7SJ4PyvBgC6YJ-7DCzWPh6-Ht-MFPEzqlUTYOCVa1o7T8uXECre4DQc7SsXURId-7I0aYOXtLgBTOap86w0tsUCHTOTtALU/s320/318508930_10163041685703868_7929913089435785606_n.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_142"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Couples Adventure Challenge #8</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We decided since our 1st Anniversary was yesterday, how fun would it be to do our Couples Adventure Challenge in celebration of this special day!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">The Challenge said to "Go on a progressive 3-course meal adventure from 3 different restaurants in 1 night (appetizer, entree and dessert). Attempt (key word) a different accent at each place and give yourself a new name. You must give that name to the server. Film yourself."</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPWmg0DE7fpcg3YTQvxNIr7j-MD1V1pf4qJTzMevZHa4PFMobnj7TD76nFCW0F5VV5hDvv-8UNAkxP6WkLi0_-_8kse0Jnj6KT4Kc9KEkj5qMDdSDUe7JBzlMbTh1bF0fHU6lf4IoveCxnln_bJ6_K31ykQnI5jA1uXWatV9yExxQh-4Rh2bpGbbr/s2048/318554249_10163041696808868_7308379833906966998_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBPWmg0DE7fpcg3YTQvxNIr7j-MD1V1pf4qJTzMevZHa4PFMobnj7TD76nFCW0F5VV5hDvv-8UNAkxP6WkLi0_-_8kse0Jnj6KT4Kc9KEkj5qMDdSDUe7JBzlMbTh1bF0fHU6lf4IoveCxnln_bJ6_K31ykQnI5jA1uXWatV9yExxQh-4Rh2bpGbbr/s320/318554249_10163041696808868_7308379833906966998_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Soooooo.....we headed to Zen Zen Wine Bistro who catered our wedding reception. We decided on Australian accents and names for this 1st stop. Wayne was "Paul" (he wanted to be Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan) and my new name was Penelope (no stinkin' good reason). We spoke with criminally bad accents to our server using words like "Bloody" and "Plonk". She just went with it and looked at us weird. We finally told her what we were doing and shared that Zen Zen had been the caterer at our wedding the year before. She then said, "I KNEW IT! You guys looked so familiar but the accents through me off!! I was the cake cutter at your wedding!". I personally didn't know how our cake got cut...but now I do!!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S2BSWXzK5sOLlEqquzIELQe4tWb_lsKL77KxLzJFCz1WAXkuDtn79-SFbLGtcY_YHdfcr-8ifthaT1VxueGIqJZZGs4ykUH7Rr6W28fOTTAbclR82SFFwGev4SJ6px49Txbn_SqEwzwyh8_5ClzOl4d9zpbXYRgx49ce8LVoLA4B3vxQJlD1ItvZ/s2048/318455822_10163041684853868_1289877378881310156_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9S2BSWXzK5sOLlEqquzIELQe4tWb_lsKL77KxLzJFCz1WAXkuDtn79-SFbLGtcY_YHdfcr-8ifthaT1VxueGIqJZZGs4ykUH7Rr6W28fOTTAbclR82SFFwGev4SJ6px49Txbn_SqEwzwyh8_5ClzOl4d9zpbXYRgx49ce8LVoLA4B3vxQJlD1ItvZ/s320/318455822_10163041684853868_1289877378881310156_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG67sjlv1mo6ZJmKkDFKFi4L0UrLakdv0mdJoZi_Unr6HnR8zDu2XAg_pgX8adsfCT_zUby32eRQIi0ALhaMyi-cDYExNgmypPKgXueHdIF0V435TGOEFvEOQ6icCaIXvzJHOATxBrE6zg30-XxjRjpfxZWcoMAeWgMcM-HiBGEL98eyUEnZMA-cfO/s2048/318652502_10163041685033868_7761701819902899288_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1794" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG67sjlv1mo6ZJmKkDFKFi4L0UrLakdv0mdJoZi_Unr6HnR8zDu2XAg_pgX8adsfCT_zUby32eRQIi0ALhaMyi-cDYExNgmypPKgXueHdIF0V435TGOEFvEOQ6icCaIXvzJHOATxBrE6zg30-XxjRjpfxZWcoMAeWgMcM-HiBGEL98eyUEnZMA-cfO/s320/318652502_10163041685033868_7761701819902899288_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We then moved on to Date #2....but not until we took some pics in front of the wedding chapel and accidentally ran into Carrie, the Chapel's wedding coordinator. As she walked towards us, she smiled big and remembered everything about us and our story. I guess when old people get married, people remember you.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">We, Maria and Francisco (our new names complete with sick accents), then had a nice dinner and toast on the patio of Harry's On The Harbor as we watched the sun go down. Year 1 was in the books!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp66qe4_Hu7rNI_FfgznMzD4v_h1ZPxCPlqjoYAf2UXrXglUMmcWwSeuf3rZRsEzXF6ioCjJF8r4hs_9wxxaS8pRijjQ8f5exbnEX59_wSViacENPJrTA8jA_74SXket9WcJGxM07Te8XJFeOOeYoS1sIqUbjffZkvxwxZHQW49MYorllDUJvw7zbJ/s2048/318512265_10163041687368868_517146918304572535_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp66qe4_Hu7rNI_FfgznMzD4v_h1ZPxCPlqjoYAf2UXrXglUMmcWwSeuf3rZRsEzXF6ioCjJF8r4hs_9wxxaS8pRijjQ8f5exbnEX59_wSViacENPJrTA8jA_74SXket9WcJGxM07Te8XJFeOOeYoS1sIqUbjffZkvxwxZHQW49MYorllDUJvw7zbJ/s320/318512265_10163041687368868_517146918304572535_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Oh but wait....we still had Date #3....Dessert! We decided to head to the movie theater and let popcorn be our dessert as we watched the Johnny Cash movie. We ended our Adventure Challenge with our wedding dance in front of the theater whether anyone wanted to see it or not. Check it out here:</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FOkEzhCc799I%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0g2cmqrV2EMiL8Jj2dUMmqU6BoRF0IrDQwXigWVmkFebfJwbzY_WTu1I4&h=AT1XYc7xi_23I_3L-yf_twCVTHOhlaL8hFyZY4Ryup7NOrdBL_LZyZoNZy7mZVt_nrL_Srr8rzK4yZjtFmpeBionUkN0T0hFBfdsUGw1EAsAPrjXP-hviHJpptcZphTe2RMSCuk&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT1HR8aQwwxGPAsqLJbyOh6n2xIbMPFIFpV6cycxRoI6uXZfQw7ZoeQaVLHdpDHGfCrmv2cMylqnTJRZVeNRUJnE54S_88SZsJKk1QGIBbeirxh-OX_wlHdE9uRPZCaJNMnTKXeO5XG11mKRtnoDBSzTjF0XeSLYjZq_G0HV6ox_z1qXD72BzuWO1SSWT2QcMGWkZ2baT4fx_mM" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/OkEzhCc799I</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF65SL7Ve1zQagTZamRDMst2_wQDj1c9YsZ6Kf1fahSM6YrPRC_Bu5Ehmh9lO50wrtiaA7dO6giGVMpePId1bgoqSFlJ4DT9wNIsV-HwACI4oND3t7NJHSotpaASJIubkAII7whOlVZ1-QqeuvSUpZHB57ROuYuJLvsSz3_9KUQhHo_3TDX_hyHbFC/s2048/318529423_10163041696878868_7375557668893327634_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF65SL7Ve1zQagTZamRDMst2_wQDj1c9YsZ6Kf1fahSM6YrPRC_Bu5Ehmh9lO50wrtiaA7dO6giGVMpePId1bgoqSFlJ4DT9wNIsV-HwACI4oND3t7NJHSotpaASJIubkAII7whOlVZ1-QqeuvSUpZHB57ROuYuJLvsSz3_9KUQhHo_3TDX_hyHbFC/s320/318529423_10163041696878868_7375557668893327634_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I love this man MORE with each passing day. He's the real deal....he loves doing crazy adventures and he loves me with all his heart. I simply couldn't ask for more than that.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Happy 1st Anniversary to Us.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lizandwaynesworld?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU8PDIclClRA_qRe1pH0sq27H7Mve-T1mVY-vjGq_DPo2JSNducAfLB6OiqWH3smfQSq3iHXDTXNggehxPLH1wj8X2JtoK-MGjMYkq8j6odEf43CPEFODnSI0NI4hqUblKI0IXFXJlp-XVroib13Y6bmWtIz8QVPfoq_aPNZBFuDOaEp7JEy9kuPS25_oCsi54&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#lizandwaynesworld</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/couplesadventurechallenge?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZU8PDIclClRA_qRe1pH0sq27H7Mve-T1mVY-vjGq_DPo2JSNducAfLB6OiqWH3smfQSq3iHXDTXNggehxPLH1wj8X2JtoK-MGjMYkq8j6odEf43CPEFODnSI0NI4hqUblKI0IXFXJlp-XVroib13Y6bmWtIz8QVPfoq_aPNZBFuDOaEp7JEy9kuPS25_oCsi54&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#couplesadventurechallenge</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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They truly set a beautiful example of how to lovingly introduce and integrate two worlds of friends and <span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>families impacted by grief and the loss of a loved one in their dating relationship. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ig4DQ7XfR_DNZVaHw8AZ0ey0dYkEaq1XuBTgTI8mrLYvJ2KOhYEjRjCjcafeZT-RlGI2lxo7NZyfPU8PiWW8Eh8fdobfBH00TT_xskGHljqX_d-ZAfLjsjFOV9YySMckV2BQ39ykDa_1dTmQ0M0PJ7cA09T-oPG0pHcnVwJvbDV0tfAcGJowJBNa/s960/317970642_10228811461782539_3092291816612060155_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Ig4DQ7XfR_DNZVaHw8AZ0ey0dYkEaq1XuBTgTI8mrLYvJ2KOhYEjRjCjcafeZT-RlGI2lxo7NZyfPU8PiWW8Eh8fdobfBH00TT_xskGHljqX_d-ZAfLjsjFOV9YySMckV2BQ39ykDa_1dTmQ0M0PJ7cA09T-oPG0pHcnVwJvbDV0tfAcGJowJBNa/s320/317970642_10228811461782539_3092291816612060155_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">As they moved forward towards engagement and marriage which was like a real life Hallmark movie, I often told Liz she should write a book on how they are doing this in a way that honors each family member. I’ve loved being a witness and walking alongside their journey together as they exude living life with intentionality, with grace, in Christ, and not taking their time together or moments for granted. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7Xu0rcxuBBnrnD-DxrYZyQxVpM7DqzyvJ5J5kurM0gIOF3V8CWABeOunUK2pbtlhDY5HboeMG7M4h2BT4k7fJfH43GNDStlpcae6c4xhhs7qE0yNrS2ZM479hlM0LRyQ1vlEWWI9Cnk77Y0QRYGnwBL3UCSSOMUgVUUAHupwMPPwpejkQJ0eLbPP/s1280/317727753_10228811483903092_4439621124933841634_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1280" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh7Xu0rcxuBBnrnD-DxrYZyQxVpM7DqzyvJ5J5kurM0gIOF3V8CWABeOunUK2pbtlhDY5HboeMG7M4h2BT4k7fJfH43GNDStlpcae6c4xhhs7qE0yNrS2ZM479hlM0LRyQ1vlEWWI9Cnk77Y0QRYGnwBL3UCSSOMUgVUUAHupwMPPwpejkQJ0eLbPP/s320/317727753_10228811483903092_4439621124933841634_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> AND they are hilarious and FUN too, and are ninjas at the Couples Adventure Challenge! <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lizandwaynesworld?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVhjJh-W5rleMxiovjzcuyrzKp7NpGwTRn7A2_LOV2Q4Dupogdi12PuVTw-qWafHxVd38TekyujULM8Mm2BuQ_l5HvGXxA_4dSRlT-1V8HLmxsaGp63kTkKlus6EThXfobWcCmtNBbm37B3ApZapVZEyS5y8K0GoRUe9Duvwf74CQ&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#lizandwaynesworld</a></span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm4g1LjD-WTPi1JaXcqmC5GRQrwpi0npDLObjpnHK_Z79AD_8lD7_BDAAsL6TA0_7w0JTWYgaJlpP-PMiVcIn1t6sZB7mFohrfA-uFNkGtO1ZJ412I4o3PHtPAYMB0D9JXvy9gkpgl2I-tahiUIJ1pVPXMsKuNWqTBLOeZCEnZjRDVC8WYVGvPvrX/s828/318078818_10228811462222550_5424793536056394160_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="828" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtm4g1LjD-WTPi1JaXcqmC5GRQrwpi0npDLObjpnHK_Z79AD_8lD7_BDAAsL6TA0_7w0JTWYgaJlpP-PMiVcIn1t6sZB7mFohrfA-uFNkGtO1ZJ412I4o3PHtPAYMB0D9JXvy9gkpgl2I-tahiUIJ1pVPXMsKuNWqTBLOeZCEnZjRDVC8WYVGvPvrX/s320/318078818_10228811462222550_5424793536056394160_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">One year down — a lifetime to go! Happy Anniversary!! 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Life is never dull with you.....What a gift from God you are to me!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I love you. <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/lizandwaynesworld?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZVmNhlcegktcUOH6FNS1p_v1wZ33y_URPbM8Irp-cTjI26QFAIwLgYD3IIx3WmYOlj-wbROqB4L4nPW5xD9_qkUz1FmtkdxZUSLajDGPQzYUeIFuo3qW4m3XsIpoW7aqwTFnbyzceUgNJFrW8-FAMmCkXtCXxRKu_1TgCrsz1tETg&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#lizandwaynesworld</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span> </span></div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">(Click on our wedding video below)</div></div></span></div></div></div></div><p></p>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-67066092163413987862022-12-03T18:56:00.010-06:002023-02-17T19:04:59.601-06:00Anniversary Weekend #1<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ4fyyNxc6kf5bRGNH6emhR7BRlANK7__M2tAqnIdTFeKm0RQgHGznXasPWOyOfHqj53F4azI0z2sHNv3kHf0YU9v1Nwk5WIYba4JXgXI5wDrs6akm9MtvNyZ0qt467ZK3M6Sad0Bk4ah_azx7NAO9Fn7SwaMdo2_y5txXUajsdRceRdLAhBAg4cH/s960/318165013_10163033867768868_2038431959980362037_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJ4fyyNxc6kf5bRGNH6emhR7BRlANK7__M2tAqnIdTFeKm0RQgHGznXasPWOyOfHqj53F4azI0z2sHNv3kHf0YU9v1Nwk5WIYba4JXgXI5wDrs6akm9MtvNyZ0qt467ZK3M6Sad0Bk4ah_azx7NAO9Fn7SwaMdo2_y5txXUajsdRceRdLAhBAg4cH/s320/318165013_10163033867768868_2038431959980362037_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">This day last year, my sis Debbie & cuz Sheri and I were going hotel to hotel delivering little “goodies” for our out-of-town guests headed our way for our wedding in 2 days. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: red;"> *V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*V*</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 x1l90r2v" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">I woke to the wind howling... the rain pouring out of the sky like a hard sobbing cry this morning.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the beginning of a month-of-floods for this little family of ours....</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> <i>"There is no fear in letting tears come. Sadness is a GIFT to avoid the nothingness of numbness, and all hard places need water. Grief is a GIFT, and after a rain of tears, there is always more of you than before. </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i> </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><i>What seems to be undoing you can ultimately remake <span></span>you." </i></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">(Ann VosKamp, "The Broken Way")</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Rain always brings growth.......</div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div> </div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498904033295409721.post-50133500616506624492022-11-24T16:12:00.001-06:002022-11-30T16:17:14.919-06:00Being Thankful.....For The Gold In This Life<p> 11-24-2022</p><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_ap"><div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"><div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xdj266r x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Being Thankful.....For The Gold In This Life</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">LizSekerke</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h-mulCeKriUqHI3mPyvx7k8Tpimlr0vmeQZGzjhLi40Q5_Df-92HsKDdKNdtbrQjEp2CsJr4RBYBPaquiSsT274ily5hXPN_D3MgeWzIE2EPe4LJZWT6093O8_YrtWJh-jjGz8DQMWP8QO96Tr1jObVJdefomgVA75rcVxtpdp-xaWdKAx1zFwT_/s1280/316942417_10163011949803868_2598232665762812619_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8h-mulCeKriUqHI3mPyvx7k8Tpimlr0vmeQZGzjhLi40Q5_Df-92HsKDdKNdtbrQjEp2CsJr4RBYBPaquiSsT274ily5hXPN_D3MgeWzIE2EPe4LJZWT6093O8_YrtWJh-jjGz8DQMWP8QO96Tr1jObVJdefomgVA75rcVxtpdp-xaWdKAx1zFwT_/s320/316942417_10163011949803868_2598232665762812619_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">When I was a kid, our family would load up Mom’s Buick, leave Texas at 3:00 am and head east....east to central Alabama....to Grandma-In-The-Woods’ house.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a tabindex="-1"></a></span>Grandma and Grandpa Calloway were known around their area of Alabama as the couple that owned a gold mine on their 200 acre property. By “gold mine”, I mean a creek...Blue Creek to be exact....that had a gold vein running through it. Each day, except Saturday, they would drive down to the creek in the middle of nowhere, grab their stainless steel pans and pan for gold. In the summers, my siblings, cousins and myself would join them at Blue Creek. They would hand us our very own pan and we would start sifting and “looking” for nuggets of gold.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Grandma and Grandpa Calloway never got rich panning for gold, but they did learn how to “see” the gold when the dirt had been sifted through their pans and that tiny nugget was left sitting on the bottom. They would take it in their fingers, hold it up to the light and smile. It was in the “looking” that they saw the gold. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSvaqp51i3UdiQ3RywZ_EpXwZefG2x69WUDpTm9K7g4hvuWfblLOtAgJPwexPA09-QEUX6oCsnKc0pLVY6gQRoxgnSOeqNXIi-YbmjXt74jtsnyoRnuNtxlz9KNMT89eX3_uqqzQkW1VKaBoOrRuSxkqY-s_1capKxkElCBcZ_LY1GqydRhVCCvvC/s2048/316953695_10163011951513868_2458209337218886370_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSvaqp51i3UdiQ3RywZ_EpXwZefG2x69WUDpTm9K7g4hvuWfblLOtAgJPwexPA09-QEUX6oCsnKc0pLVY6gQRoxgnSOeqNXIi-YbmjXt74jtsnyoRnuNtxlz9KNMT89eX3_uqqzQkW1VKaBoOrRuSxkqY-s_1capKxkElCBcZ_LY1GqydRhVCCvvC/s320/316953695_10163011951513868_2458209337218886370_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">As I read my morning devotional in Jesus Calling the other day, it reminded me of those summers we spent in Alabama. For my siblings and cousins, it was like Disneyland being at the creek. But for Liz, it was pure torture. I was afraid of everything. Too many crickets, snakes, sharp rocks, and the water was too cold, and I failed to “see” the nuggets of “gold” that were hidden in that creek. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Jesus Calling, November 23: “As you go through this day, look for tiny treasures strategically placed along the way. I lovingly go before you, Liz, and plant little pleasures to brighten your day. Look carefully for them, and pluck them one by one.” </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o3Tv_AeECDA7QjrghiJoh1s-bVefG4BxNYhe7cRbIbx30ObgnVRvdmzz5wtlHReSWqx2_qPhNLfAJgBqyBMvMKi_0RnOLfi30dN5_nyQ34mJjpomxsq0aasp__sS1DjCZWnhJb4LngP-zbhEA4PFDOh5ty2y2TgpxALuLLI9yHm0BX84EGQGkZhp/s1022/316955176_10163011952188868_8162914740476916453_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1022" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o3Tv_AeECDA7QjrghiJoh1s-bVefG4BxNYhe7cRbIbx30ObgnVRvdmzz5wtlHReSWqx2_qPhNLfAJgBqyBMvMKi_0RnOLfi30dN5_nyQ34mJjpomxsq0aasp__sS1DjCZWnhJb4LngP-zbhEA4PFDOh5ty2y2TgpxALuLLI9yHm0BX84EGQGkZhp/s320/316955176_10163011952188868_8162914740476916453_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">There was so much more at Blue Creek than nuggets of gold. There were the tallest pine trees I’d ever seen....Indian arrowheads....swimming holes and grandparents spending time with their grandkids. Priceless gold.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">And we’re reminded that God strategically places on each of our paths, day after day, “His” nuggets of gold He promised us. But there is a catch: It requires us to “sift” through the dirt of our day to find the nugget of gold at the bottom. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPr0bDevoOkkgSgZ-OU-BfCzju3qS6lUZrq7J6fEBbE4D-SfhuCZkN65tsKjaxOpD6r8w024QE82jdLN4kR1ZXnHzj6G_KH1x_cJefsHHELbFL4GTcvgO_YdRzjRVqEib84l8MsPmItwnZqgZXFPxUkzqMcCMkuR_ogFVG9ydNLEAqweWL0fSCN1E/s809/317068392_10163011952988868_8950439579797039919_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="809" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPr0bDevoOkkgSgZ-OU-BfCzju3qS6lUZrq7J6fEBbE4D-SfhuCZkN65tsKjaxOpD6r8w024QE82jdLN4kR1ZXnHzj6G_KH1x_cJefsHHELbFL4GTcvgO_YdRzjRVqEib84l8MsPmItwnZqgZXFPxUkzqMcCMkuR_ogFVG9ydNLEAqweWL0fSCN1E/s320/317068392_10163011952988868_8950439579797039919_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Happy Thanksgiving Friends.....and keep an eye out for those glistening nuggets of gold He has lovingly placed on your path today. I promise you they are there!!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKYtTajOicbDBnwpz3l5jNNfbnKvaJhfuhISMR_d8USkFhjQhKUkghP2gxdraEvSPpmtRiOSX7pgk1j2YV-fZZ8p9es2xT_9iwkKtw6KbHTLPFbHojhY4i0UvUXhyA8qScgGo_LEYmsazvAtnEuUW9A6nS4mAghCC5IDExCjs5zfW59yKRHQi0aaI/s4032/IMG_1676.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPKYtTajOicbDBnwpz3l5jNNfbnKvaJhfuhISMR_d8USkFhjQhKUkghP2gxdraEvSPpmtRiOSX7pgk1j2YV-fZZ8p9es2xT_9iwkKtw6KbHTLPFbHojhY4i0UvUXhyA8qScgGo_LEYmsazvAtnEuUW9A6nS4mAghCC5IDExCjs5zfW59yKRHQi0aaI/s320/IMG_1676.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </div></div></span></div></div></div></div>Liz Etheridge-Sekerkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056237319819587818noreply@blogger.com0